Verse 59 · Cosmogony, Geography, Dimensions Of The Creation. · Surya Siddhanta · siva.sh

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भूवृत्तम् क्रान्तिभागघ्नम् भगणाम्शविभाजितम् । अवाप्तयोजनैर् अर्को व्यक्षाद् यात्य् उपरिस्थितः॥

sanskrit

Multiply the earth’s circumference (5,059) by the sun’s declination (kränti) and divide it by 360—the result in yojanäs that we get gives us the place where the sun would be passing directly overhead at noon from the place of no-latitude.

english translation

slp1 transliteration by Vidyut

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भूवृत्तम् क्रान्तिभागघ्नम् भगणाम्शविभाजितम् । अवाप्तयोजनैर् अर्को व्यक्षाद् यात्य् उपरिस्थितः॥

sanskrit

Multiply the earth’s circumference (5,059) by the sun’s declination (kränti) and divide it by 360—the result in yojanäs that we get gives us the place where the sun would be passing directly overhead at noon from the place of no-latitude.

english translation

slp1 transliteration by Vidyut