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Rh with the commentary of Sudhakara. Brahmagupta (I, 12) quotes stanza I, 3,

Brahmagupta (I, 28) refers to the same matter,



Brahmagupta (XI, 11) criticizes Aryabhata for be- ginning the Kaliyuga with Thursday (see the com- mentary of Sudhakara).

Bhau Daji^ first pointed out the parallels in Brahmagupta I, 9 and XI, 4 and XI, 11.®

In translating the words sasirasayas tha cakram I have followed Paramesvara's interpretation sasinas cakram hhagand dvddasagunitd rdsayah. The Sanskrit construction is a harsh one, but there is no other way of making sense. Sasi (without declensional ending) is to be separated.

Paramesvara explains the word grahajavo as fol-

1 Cf. Ill, S. . 2 Op. ciL, 1865, pp. 400-401.

' Cf. Alberuni, I, 370, 373-74.

^ For jrrana see III, 2.
 * A rail is a sign of the zodiac or one-twelfth of a circle.