{"id":3902,"date":"2010-06-27T09:39:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-27T09:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=3902"},"modified":"2010-06-27T09:39:00","modified_gmt":"2010-06-27T09:39:00","slug":"the-eighteen-astronomical-treatises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=3902","title":{"rendered":"The Eighteen Astronomical Treatises !"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/FUHL2iW1jyI&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Of all the eighteen astronomical treatises<br \/>Aryabhateeyam is extolled<br \/>Also Mahabhaskareeyam<br \/>These treatises deal with computation<br \/>Of planet&#8217;s longitudes !<br \/>Longitude corrected thrice <br \/>To get the true longitudes<br \/>Mahabhaskareeya talks about<br \/>The eight motions of planets<br \/>Direct or retrograde<br \/>Retrogression is Vakra<br \/>Ativakra is maximum Retrogression<br \/>End of Retrogression is Kutila<br \/>Slow motion is Manda<br \/>Slower motion is Mandatara<br \/>Mean motion is Sama<br \/>Fast motion is Sheegra<br \/>And faster motion is Sheegratara !<\/p>\n<p>Eighteen Seers wrote<br \/>Eighteen treatises astronomical<br \/>Surya wrote Surya Siddhanta<br \/>Pitamaha wrote Pitamaha Siddhanta<br \/>Vyasa Siddhanta was done by Vyasa <br \/>Vasishta wrote Vasishta Siddhanta<br \/>Atri wrote Atri Siddhanta<br \/>Parasara Siddhanta was written by Parasara <br \/>Lomasa, Paulasa, Chyavana <br \/>Yavana, Bhrigu all wrote about the Heavens !<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Of all the eighteen astronomical treatisesAryabhateeyam is extolledAlso MahabhaskareeyamThese treatises deal with computationOf planet&#8217;s longitudes !Longitude corrected thrice To get the true longitudesMahabhaskareeya talks aboutThe eight motions of planetsDirect or retrogradeRetrogression is VakraAtivakra is maximum RetrogressionEnd of Retrogression is KutilaSlow motion is MandaSlower motion is MandataraMean motion is SamaFast motion is SheegraAnd faster motion is &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=3902\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Eighteen Astronomical Treatises !&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3902\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}