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358 PAÑCASIDDHĀNTIKĀ XVIII.69 Note 1. I generally agree with TS's emendations. But in verse 68, I give ṣaḍviṣayaiḥ for ṣaḍtriṁśat- savaiḥ, which latter is both meaningless and has one mātrā extra. TS's ṣaḍvargaiḥ does not agree with the last saptāṣṭakena, for the numbers should agree or at least nearly agree. saptatyā dvyadhikayā has been emended by me into saptatyā tradhikayā, and khābdhi into khāśvi. These will not only make the total correct, but also bring about agreement with the Siddhāntas, which all generally agree with the actual as given by modern astronomy.

	1	2	3	4	5	.6	7	Total
Degrees moving behind	- 15°<br>asta..	- 60°	- 60°	- 90°<br>vakra	- 50°	- 70°	- 15°<br>asta.	- 360°
'Days' given	56	188	108	73	68	220	56	769
Actual 'days'	54	188	106	72	75	220	54	769
The great difference in 'days' between the 68 given and 75 actual must be explained by their
following next to the retrograde period, where even a large number of days can produce a very
small difference in degrees. So, correction to whole degrees can produce this difference in days.
Note 2. Verse 67 means that 6329 'days' after epoch, there is conjunction, which repeats after
each synodic cycle. The cycle for Mars is 768¾ 'days'. So instead of dividing by 768¾, we are asked
to multiply by 4 and divide by 3075. To get back the true remainder, the remainder here is divided
by 4.
Note 3. The following points deserve to be noted:
(a) In the case of all star-planets the total 'days' should be equal to the days of the respective
cycle.
(b) In the case of the superior planets, viz. Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, the degrees are all negative
and add upto - 360°. When the given degrees is numerically greater than the corresponding
'days', (for e.g., - 90° for 73 'days' here) the planet is retrograde.
(c) The heliacal setting and rising are at the beginning and end of the cycle for all. But, for the
two inferior planets, viz. Mercury and Venus, there is another setting and rising at inferior conjunc-
tion when the two are retrograde.
67a. A. गुणानुंहीना; B. तमयम गुणातुंहीना
b. A. कृताहते; B. कृताहते. B. द्विषाय.
B. सप्तखग्नि
c. A.B. भूयो हतो. B. चतुर्भि
d. A. विरंसदि०; B. चिरंस दि०;. B3. महीजस्या
68a. A. षट्त्रिस्सवैस्तिथ्यूनो; B. षड्विवैस्तिथ्यतो;
C. षड्वर्गैस्तिथ्यूनो; D. षट्त्रिंशैस्तिथ्यंशा
b. B. दुष्टो. A.B. धृतिरंशकाच्छ्विष्ठिः (B. ०का ष्ठिः)
c. A. शते नव षष्ठिः
d. A.B. द्व्यधिकाय
69a. A. पृष्ट्योष्ट; B. षष्टोष्ट
a-b. A. संतदलं; B. सप्तदलं
b. A.B.C.D. खाब्धिद्विकैः (B. ०धिकैः)
A.B 1.2. स्वरादिघ्नाः; C.D. खरा दिगुघ्नाः
c. B3. अस्तामितो
c-d. B. साष्टकेन
d. A.B. निरंगशनिः; C.D. निरंशगतिः