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XVIII.20 XVIII. VĀSIṢṬHA-PAULIŚA – RISING AND SETTING 325 As in the case of Jupiter, here too TS and NP have not understood what exactly is given in these verses, how it is got by applying the three formulae, how the eq. cent. is got, and why the instruction to apply this to the days remaining is given, in the manner said. So, their emendations of the readings, done without knowing the subject matter, need not be taken seriously. TS have emended the correct dviguṇapadaiḥ into dviguṇahṛtaḥ, meaning "divided by 32", applied to the risings and not to the number got in the formulae. NP have kept the reading, but given the translation as, "There is a subtraction or addition of 12 degrees and minutes, (i.e., 12° 12'). Multiply by 31 and divide (the product) by 32 (or by 32 padas). (The result is) Saturn's rising." Where is 12° 12' mentioned? They take the 32, not as a number, but as a segment of longitude equal to 32 padas, i.e., 45°. Again, how can this give the risings? And the risings have already been given in verse 14. All these show that they do not understand what is said. षड्(कृत्या त्रीनं)शान् (मुनि)भिर्लिप्ता '(श्रेषु)गुणास्सप्त' । षोडशभिश्चांशी(र्ति)कृतोनषष्ट्या '(वेदयम)'पक्षान् ॥ १९ ॥ वक्री वि'भूतषष्ट्या' (त्री)नंशान् षष्टितः 'कृतान्' सौरः । अनुगोऽर्कश(ते'ना)ष्टौ षट्कृत्या चास्त(गो) 'दहनम्' ॥ २० ॥ || शनैश्चरः || 19. Saturn (moves) 3° in 36 days, 35' in 7 days, 80' in 16 days, and 224' in 56 days. 20. Then becoming retrograde, he moves 3° in 55 days, and 4° in 60 days. Then, following up direct, he moves 8° in 112 days, and setting, he moves 3° in 36 days in the set period, (i.e., rises in the east after that). Ends Saturn. This is the scheme given Days Rising east 36 7 16 56 Retrograde 55 60 Direct 112 Setting west 36 Rising east = 378 Degrees 3° 35' 1°20' 3°44' - 3° - 4° 8° 3° = 12° 39' I shall now discuss the values given, justifying the three emendations. I have made. The corrupt ṣaḍhratāstrīṇamśān has to be emended as 3° for 36 days, considering the position, and the fact that it must practically be equal to the rate between setting and rising, 3° for 36 days. The days must add upto 378 days from rising to rising, also as from conjunction to conjunction. All the numbers for 19a. A.B. षट्कृताः; C. खण्डान्ये. D. परिहीनाः 20a. B. विभुत b. A.B. स्त्रीणांशान्; C. सिंहांशा. D. स्त्रीखांशा a-b. C. षष्टाष्टरसैस्त्रीन् षष्टितः c. A.B.D. लिप्ताश्चतुर्गुणाः A. त्रिंशान्; B. त्रिंशान्: A1. कृतात् सौरः; c. A.B. श्वाशीति; C. श्वांशामीन् B1.3. कृत्यसौरः d. A.B.C.D. षष्ट्या द्विगुणपक्षान् (A. पक्षात्, c. A. शतैर्नाष्टौ; B1. शतैर्माष्टौ (B2. र्माष्टौ); B1.2. पक्षा. B. श written after पक्षा) D. शतेनाष्टौ d. A1.2. गे दहनं || B1.2. षड्भक्त्या वास्तये दहनं ||