Verse 7 · The Rules for resolving the questions on Time, the position of places, and directions. · Surya Siddhanta · siva.sh

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रेखा प्राच्यपरा साध्या विषुवद्भाग्रगा तथा । इष्टच्छायाविषुवतोर् मध्यम् अग्राभिधीयते ॥

sanskrit

(In the said circle)[1] from the east and west line (to its north) at a distance equal to the equinoctial shadow, draw another line parallel to the former; the distance between the end of the given shadow and the latter line is equal to the sine of amplitude (reduced to the hypothenuse of the given shadow).

english translation

rekhA prAcyaparA sAdhyA viSuvadbhAgragA tathA । iSTacchAyAviSuvator madhyam agrAbhidhIyate ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/surya-siddhanta/3/7

रेखा प्राच्यपरा साध्या विषुवद्भाग्रगा तथा । इष्टच्छायाविषुवतोर् मध्यम् अग्राभिधीयते ॥

sanskrit

(In the said circle)[1] from the east and west line (to its north) at a distance equal to the equinoctial shadow, draw another line parallel to the former; the distance between the end of the given shadow and the latter line is equal to the sine of amplitude (reduced to the hypothenuse of the given shadow).

english translation

rekhA prAcyaparA sAdhyA viSuvadbhAgragA tathA । iSTacchAyAviSuvator madhyam agrAbhidhIyate ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript