The revolutions of the Sun's apogee are 387 in a Kalpa.
Modern Technical Commentary:
Establishes the Sun's apogee (perihelion shift). Although the Sun's orbit is relatively stable, the Siddhanta accounts for its very slow motion (secular variation) over millions of years.
Siddhantic Proof: Madhyama (Mean Motions) v.41
Sanskrit (Devanagari):
अर्कमन्दोच्चस्य सप्त-अष्ट-राम-मिताः ...॥
Translation (Burgess):
The revolutions of the Sun's apogee are 387 in a Kalpa.
Modern Technical Commentary:
Establishes the Sun's apogee (perihelion shift). Although the Sun's orbit is relatively stable, the Siddhanta accounts for its very slow motion (secular variation) over millions of years.
Sun's apogee longitude (Mandocca).
Value: 77° 14' as per Burgess (1935) Table B.
[Ch. I, v.41]
Siddhantic Proof: Madhyama (Mean Motions) v.41
Sanskrit (Devanagari):
अर्कमन्दोच्चस्य सप्त-अष्ट-राम-मिताः ...॥
Translation (Burgess):
The revolutions of the Sun's apogee are 387 in a Kalpa.
Modern Technical Commentary:
Establishes the Sun's apogee (perihelion shift). Although the Sun's orbit is relatively stable, the Siddhanta accounts for its very slow motion (secular variation) over millions of years.
Siddhantic Proof: Madhyama (Mean Motions) v.41
Sanskrit (Devanagari):
अर्कमन्दोच्चस्य सप्त-अष्ट-राम-मिताः ...॥
Translation (Burgess):
The revolutions of the Sun's apogee are 387 in a Kalpa.
Modern Technical Commentary:
Establishes the Sun's apogee (perihelion shift). Although the Sun's orbit is relatively stable, the Siddhanta accounts for its very slow motion (secular variation) over millions of years.