The Correctly Established Doctrine of Brahma, Volume 2 (1966) - Page 10

1. Chapter on Mean Motions: Pages 1-136

Subject	Page
Auspicious Invocation original: "Mangalacharanam"; a traditional prayer at the start of a Sanskrit work to ensure its successful completion.	1
Purpose for Beginning the Text	2
The Movement of the Zodiacal Belt	3
The Progression of Time	4
Conceptual Division of the Year	14
Measurement of a Yuga A "Yuga" is a vast cyclic age in Hindu cosmology.	16
Review of the Opinions of Aryabhata Aryabhata (c. 476–550 CE) was a foundational Indian mathematician and astronomer.	18
Measurements of Manvantaras and the Kalpa A "Kalpa" is an aeon, equal to 4.32 billion years.	19
Aryabhata's Opinion Regarding the Kalpa	21
Refutation of the Romaka Siddhanta The "Romaka Siddhanta" refers to a school of Indian astronomy influenced by Greek/Roman (Alexandrian) methods.	23
Definition of Planetary Revolutions in a Yuga	39
Revolutions of Venus's Apex and Saturn in a Kalpa	40
Sidereal Revolutions and Civil Days	42
Solar Years, Solar Months, Lunar Months, etc.	44
Civil, Sidereal, and Human Days	46
Calculation of Elapsed Time and the Total Number of Days	54
The Opinion of Aryabhata	58
Total Solar Civil Days Elapsed in a Kalpa	59
Calculating the Mean Positions of Planets and Apogees	65
Illustration of the Author's Own System	76
View on the Start of the Weekday at Midnight	76
Rules for Local Mean Positions	78
Demonstration of Longitude Correction for that Purpose	82
Calculating Days and Intercalary Days at the Start of the Year	86
Calculating Intercalary Months at the Start of the Year	88
Determining the Lord of the Year and Simplified Day-Counts	91
Calculating the Positions of the Sun, Venus, Mercury, and the Apogees of Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn	96
Calculating the Mean Position of the Moon	100
Calculating the Equation of Center for Mars and Other Planets from the Year-End Day-Count	102

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