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GSEB Matha (Gujarati) Class-10, Samantar Shreni
GSEB Matha (Gujarati) Class-10, Samantar Shreni
2) Oo @ 2 wa @a @ata (9) BS, = 2S, = mas, = Oo @-mtn wo (mtn (@ 2m 2» (Oya Ty = 7 AAT, = 4, AT yy = oOo @s ou @-1 @1 (A 2k +1, 13, 5-3 A As ace Aelei she WA DH dL k=... Oo @i7 os @4 @9 (12) EDEL ED Hk FLED tan = 1 ed) = Oo ot ae @n @r Casyeniae BWC: 5,7, 9, 11, 13, 15,0. Mi dl ARROW aU... Wa oO @B 19 OB @is (aperia? Aol AB Typ — Ty = o @d (10d © 26d @a (Asya AS Bride AM AZ Thy — Typ = 15 da da ARM HB A oO @3 (b) 5 (©) 20 25 * aie Ast m1‘Varahamihira (Devanagari : atfifir) (505-587), also called Varaha or Mihira, was an Indian astronomer, mathematician, and astrologer who lived in Ujjain. He is considered to be one of the nine Jewels (Navaratnas) of the court of legendary ruler Vikramaditya (thought to be the Gupta emperor Chandragupta II Vikramaditya). ‘Works : He was the first one to mention in his work Pancha Siddhantika that the ayanamsa, or the shifting of the equinox is $0.32 seconds. Pancha-Siddhantika : Varahamihira's main work is the book Paiicasiddhantika (or Pancha-Siddhantike, "(Treatise] on the Five [Astronomical] Canons) dated ca. 575 CE gives us {information about older Indian texts which are now lost. The work is a treatise on mathematical astronomy and it summarises five earlier astronomical treatises, namely the Surya Siddhanta, Romaka Siddhanta, Paulisa Siddhanta, Vasishtha Siddhanta and Paitamaha Siddhantas. It is a compendium of Vedanga Jyotisha as well as Hellenistic astronomy (including Greek, Egyptian and Roman elements). He was the first one to mention in his work Pancha Siddhantika that the ayanamsa, or the shifting of the equinox is 50.32 seconds. ‘The 1th century Arabian scholar Alberuni also described the details of "The Five Astronomical Canons": "They {the Indians] have 5 Siddhantas : ‘Surya-Siddhanta, ie. the Siddhanta of the Sun, composed by Latadeva, Vasishtha-siddhanta, so called from one of the stars of the Great Bear, composed by Vishnucandra, Pulisa-siddhanta, so called from Paulisa, the Greek, from the city of Saintra, which is supposed to be Alexandria, composed by Pulisa. Romaka-siddhanta, so called from the Rum, ie. the subjects of the Roman Empire, composed by Srishena. Brahma-siddhanta, so called from Brahman, composed by Brahmagupta, the son of Jishnu, from the town of Bhillamala between Multan and Anhilwara, 16 yojanas from the latter place.” im sult 10