सिद्धान्तशिरोमणि: गणिताध्याय (भास्कराचार्य - ग्रहगणित, मध्यमाधिकार व स्पष्टाधिकार सटीक)

2 father, from whom he has derived his knowledge; this work, containing good metres, will be easy to understand, besides being flawless and clear, and will enable intelligent readers to develop their ability to understand things. Comm. Not neeessary. Verse 4. Ancient astronomers did write, of course, works abounding in intelligent expression; nonethe- less, this work is started to give expression to some lacunae in their works. I am going to make amends for the deficiencies of the older works and these improvements will be found here and there in their respective places; So, I beseech the good-minded mathematicians to go through this entire work of mine also (for, otherwise, they may not locate my own contribution). Comm. Not necessary. Verse 5. May the good people be pleased with the particulars of my contribution! May the ill-minded people also derive pleasure out of ridiculing me with ignorance unable to understand my contribution! Comm. Not necessary. Verse 6. A Siddhānta work ie an astronomical trea- tise is such a one which deals with the various measures of time ranging from a Tṛti (to be explained shortly) upto the duration of a Kalpa which culminates in a deluge; planetary theory, arithmatical computations as well as algebraical processes, Questions with respect to intricate ideas and their answers, location of the earth, the star and the planets, and description and usage of instruments Comm. Not necessary. Verse 7. Though one knows astrology and that par of the science of Jyotisha which is known as Samhita (an which deals with various subjects like Muhurtas i.e. auspi