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Rt = =- BRABMAGUPTA'S ASTRONOMY 1913S BAGEL ASHIS of the Sun and the Moon without basing on ghargana has als been given by Bramagupta in the Khandathadvaka®, Concordance of Working Rules There has been a good deal of agreement on various rules of astronomical constants from the time af Aryabhate1 (499 A. D,) to the Bhaskara If (1150 A. D.) or even later to the days of Muntévara (1620 A, D). Earliest concepts were formulated during the days of the Vedaiga-Jyautisa end the Siddhéntas of Indian and the western origin. for example of Brahma, Vasistha. Pitamaha, Romaka and Pulisa, We in this section are giving some important concordances which we find comimon in the writings of Brabmagupta and his predecessors, contemporaries and successors as listed below. The list is not exhaustive. Only a a few illustrations have beea cited. 1. Arya.—Aryabhativa. Aryabhata 1, 499 A.D, 2 BrSpSi. —Brahmasphutasiddhanta, Brahmagupta, 628 3. K. K.-Khandakiadyaka, Brahmagupta 628 A, D. 4, KKu—Kaynahutthala, Bhaskara II. 1150 A. D. 5, LBh—Laghu-Bhaskariya, Bbaskara I, 522 A. D. MBh.—Maha-Bhaskariya, Bhaskara 1, 522 A. D. MSi—Maka-siddh@nta, Argabhate IT, 950 A. D. ‘PSi.—Paticasidd hanti ke,Varabamibira, 505 A. D. SiDVp—Sispadhivrddhida, Lalla. 598 A. D. SiSa—Siddhantasarvabhauma. Muntéwara, 1620 A. D. SiSe—Siddhantasekhara, Sripati, 1039 A. D. SiSi—Siddhanja-Siromani. Bhaskara TH, 1150 A.D. SoSi—Sarvasiddhanta, Modern, 6th or 7th Century. 1. Rule for finding the mean longitudes of the Sun, Mercury and Venus : BrSpSi. I. 44. Also MBh 1.81. MSi 1.26; SiSe TI. 42. 43; Sih. 1 i, Gd). 15 ; SiSa 1.105 ; KKu 1.7. 2, Rule tor finding the mean longitude of the Moon's ascending node: BrSpSi, XXV. 35, aaad we) wersel a -KK. 1. 11-12 CONCORDANCE OF WORKING RULES 303 Also MBA. 1.53: SiDVy. 1.1.52 Gi) 3. Rule for finding the meen longitude of che Sighrocca of ‘Venus and also giving the additives for the Stghrocca of Mercury and Moon : BrSpSi. XXV. 36. Also MBh. 1.33; SiDVz. Li. 57 Gi) 4, Rule for finding the mean longitude of the Sigirocca ot Mercury : BrSpSi. XXV. 34. Also MBA. I. 36; SiDVz. T.i. 50 (ii) 5, Rule for finding the mean longitude of Saturn : BrSpSi. XXV. 35.

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