Technical Terms used in Indian Astronomy, Siddhantas

M = Mean Anomaly of the planet;  A = Aphelion of the Planet ; L = Mean Longitude of the Planet;    e = orbital eccentricity; mjv = orbital eccentricity in seconds; Sheegra Kendra = The Anomaly of Conjunction;    Sheegroccha = Perihelion;  Mandoccha = Aphelion;  Sheeghra Phala = The Angle between the Planet, the Sun and Earth;  Oja = Odd; Yugma = Even;  Manda Kendra = The angle between position and Aphelion;  Sheeghra Kendra Ardha = A/2,  half of Sheegra Kendra; Kranti Vritta = Ecliptic;  Vikshepa Vritta = Heliocentric Circle;  Kshithija = Celestial Horizon; Bha Chakra = Zodiac; Vishuvat Vritta = Celestial Equator; Khagoleeya Dhruva Rekha = Celestial Meridien;  Vishu Vat Bhoga = Right Ascension( R A );  Meshadi = The First Point of Aries; Thuladi = The First Point of Libra; Karkyadi = The First Point of Cancer; Makaradi = The First Point of Capricorn; Theta = True Longitude of the planet; v = True Anomaly; Manda Karna = Radius Vector, heliocentric distance; Sheeghra Karna = geocentric vector, distance of the planet from the earth;  Ravi Manda Karna = Sun’s distance; Nathamsa = Altitude of the Planet; Digamsa = Azimuth.  Bhaga, Kala, Vikala = Deg, Mins, Secs; Madhyama Manda Karna = Average Vector; Patha = Node; Thidhi – D or Day or Lunar Day, the first Lunar Day being the Moon within 12 degrees of the Sun; Vara – Day of the Week; Bhujajya = R Sin; Kotijya = R Cos; Sparsajya = Tan; Sparsachapa= Atan; Bhujachapa = Asin; Kotichapa = Acos; Pranakalanthara= Difference between Tropical Longitudes and R A; Kala Hora = Planetary Hours; Hora = Hour; Chara Jya = Sin C; Manda Jya = Sin M; Parinathi Jya = Sin h; Guru Sani Karsha – Perturbations of Jupiter and Saturn; Chandra Karsha – Perturbations of the Moon; Chathurdasa Jya Samskaras – 14 trignometric corrections to the Moon; Vikshepa – Celestial Latitude; Kranti – Declination; Dhruva = R A ; Sphuta = Celestial Longitude; Indra – Uranus; Varuna = Neptune; Rudra = Pluto;

Kala = Phobos; Mrityu = Deimos; Gulika = Titan; Yamakandaka = Ganymede; Vipatendu = Mean Longitude of the Moon – Node of the Moon ; Manda Karna – heliocentric distance;  Sheegra Karna – geocentric distance of the planet, Parama Vikshepa/ Sara – the angular distance of the orbital plane from the Ecliptic  Parama Manda Karna – Maximum Vector, Laghu Manda Karna – Minimum Vector ; Vipata Kendra – the angle between Position and the Node; Sheegra Kendra – the angle between Position of the planet and the Earth Sun Vector. 

Sara – Reverse Sine, 1-cos x, Chapa – Arcsine. The Arcsine resembles a Bow,Chapa and Versine, Arrow, Sara, according to the Indian mathematicians !

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