Surya Siddhanta with the Exposition of the Hidden Meaning

eighth chapters were not procurable till after they were printed: very old, and extremely correct.

e. The property of Chintámani Josí, of Gwalior: the latter part only: not available before nearly the whole work was in type: the best MS.Abbreviation for Manuscript. to which I have had access.

None of the nine MSS.Abbreviation for Manuscripts. above described was dated. All the variants which they supply, deserving of the slightest account, are given at the foot of the page, or at the end of the volume.

The original of part of the first chapter of the Súrya-siddhántaA foundational Sanskrit treatise on Indian astronomy, literally "The Sun's Treatise.", and of all the eighth, has already been printed, together with a French interpretation, in the Abbé J. M. F. Guerin’s Indian Astronomy original: "Astronomie Indienne", published in Paris in 1847. A translation, in our own language, of the commencement of the work will be found in the Asiatic Journal for the months of May and June, 1817.

I have prepared an English version of a considerable share of the Súrya-siddhánta; and it was my intention to carry the undertaking to an end. Ill health and other circumstances compel me, however, to abandon the design, probably not to be resumed.