GLOSSARY OF TERMS Bhodaya Time of rising of a sign. Bhoga Daily motion. Bhramamandala Same as Bhrama Vrtta. Bhramavritta Diurnal circle; day circle. Bhirguputra (or Bhārgava) Venus. Also called Sita (white-coloured planet). Bhidina Civil day; period from one sunrise to the next. Bhuja Base; bhuja of an arc or angle. Bhukti Daily motion. Budha Mercury. Also called Šaśi sünu (son of Moon). Cala Same as Sighra. Capa Arc; elemental arc. Cara Same as Carārdha. Carārdha Ascensional difference. Channa Part eclipsed; measure of eclipse. Chaya Shadow (of the gnomon), Cheda Divisor. Dalla Half Desaintara Distance of a place from the prime meridian. Dhanadik North. Dhanu (or Dhanus) Arc; elemental aTC., Dhan va Same as Dhanu. Dhriti Distance of a heavenly body from its rising-setting line, usually called iştahrti. Dhruva Pole. Dhvanta Same as Tamas. Digguga Rsine of dik (digvalana). Digvalana Same as Akşavalana, Pigvrta The vertical circle. RCVS Dik Same as Digvallana. Pinagana Same as Ahargana. See 4hargaņa. Pinaguna Same as Dyuiya. Pinakisaya Omitted day. Divagana Same as 1hargaņa. Poh Same as Bhuja. Drgadrsyakala Same as Kālaliptā. Drgadršyakālaliptā Same as Kāla liptā. Prgadrsyakendra Sighrakendra for the time of heliacal rising or setting. Drggati The distance of a planet's circle of celestial longitude from the zenith, or its Rsine. Drgiya Rsine of zenith distance. Drgvidhi Law of visibility correc tion. Drkkarma Visibility correction. Also used for the Rsine of Zenith distance. Drkkarmanara Altitude, or Rsine of altitude. Drkksepa Zenith distance of the central ecliptic point, or its Rsine. Drkksepamandala Vertical circle through the central ecliptic point. Drkksepasanku Altitude, or Rsine of altitude, of the central ecliptic point. Drimandala The vertical circle. Drinara Altitude, or Rsine of altitude. Drstiphala Same as Drkkarma. Dyimandala Same as MānaikjVā rdhavrtta.
