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    [Ch. I, v.42]

    Siddhantic Proof: Madhyama (Mean Motions) v.42

    Sanskrit (Devanagari):

    भौममन्दोच्चस्य चतुरधिकं शतद्रयम् । बौधस्य अष्टषात्रिमिताः ...॥

    Translation (Burgess):

    The revolutions of the apogees: Mars 204, Mercury 368, Jupiter 900, Venus 535, Saturn 39.

    Modern Technical Commentary:

    Lists the fixed or slowly moving apsides for the planets. These values (Mandocca) are the points of maximum distance from Earth where the planetary correction (Manda-phala) is zero.

    Siddhantic Proof: Madhyama (Mean Motions) v.42

    Sanskrit (Devanagari):

    भौममन्दोच्चस्य चतुरधिकं शतद्रयम् । बौधस्य अष्टषात्रिमिताः ...॥

    Translation (Burgess):

    The revolutions of the apogees: Mars 204, Mercury 368, Jupiter 900, Venus 535, Saturn 39.

    Modern Technical Commentary:

    Lists the fixed or slowly moving apsides for the planets. These values (Mandocca) are the points of maximum distance from Earth where the planetary correction (Manda-phala) is zero.

    Venus's apogee longitude (Shukra Mandocca). Value: 79° 49' as per Burgess (1935).