The Jaina School of Astronomy (Part II) - The Theory of the two Suns

Sukumar Ranjan Das

The Jaina School of Astronomy (Part II) - The Theory of the two Suns

Vol. 8 · No. 3September - 1932pp. 565–570English

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“The theory of the two suns is thus explained in Mahdvira’s Stryaprariapti :-—"There are two suns: Bhirata and Airivata, They both move through half a diurnal circle in the coorse of 30 muhirtas, i.e, in the course છાં €0 muhirtas or two days, each of them complete a full diurnal circle.”
“1n this way they are said (૦ complete 183 circles in each half year, increasing the day ટ the Uttariyana, the first half of the year and decreasing the night at the same time by 6 mubirtas,”
“In this connection it may be mentioned that the Jaina astrono-mers thronghout makss use of the relation 10:71 for caleulating the circumferences of the diurnal circles.”

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Mahdvira’s Stryaprariapti
Saryapraffiapti with Malayagiri’s comimentary, 9. 22
STryaprajhapti, 9. 25. 3 227, p. 26
1%d, pp. 10, 24
fivadhigama Suira 82, 109, 112 etc

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People

Mahdvira
Dr. Bibhuti Bhusan Dutt
G. Thibaut
Shamsastry
Malayagiri 11

Places

Jambudvipa 27
Meru 6
Bhiratakhanda

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Stryaprariapti
Saryapraffiapti
STryaprajhapti
fivadhigama Suira
Tattavirthidhigama-sisra-Aidgya
Karana bhivand
Jambudvipaprajiapti

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Vol. 8 · No. 3

425–441Some Problems of Indian PhilosophyArthur Berriedale Keith 442–448The Eastern Cālukyas (II) — Kubja‑ViṣṇuvardhanaDhirendra Chandra Ganguly 449–461RaziyyaNirode Bhusan Roy 462–465Mahanama in the Pali LiteratureB. Siddhartha 466–479Was Candragupta low‑born?Harit Krishna Deb 480–499Hindu Theatre: An interpretation of Bharata’s second AdhyayaD. R. Mankad 500–508Krishna and JarasandhaSadashiva L. Katre 509–520Some Problems of Sāṅkhya Philosophy and Sāṅkhya LiteratureKali Pada Bhattacharya 521–534Some Janapadas of Ancient RāḍhāPrabodh Chandra Sengupta 535–541The Prince of Wales Museum grant of Mahāsāmanta IndrakēśīB. C. S. Sharma 542–548Two new lists of KalāsChintaharan Chakravarti 549–564Ancient coins found in Pāñcāla, Ayodhyā, Kauśāmbī and Mathurā — a StudyCharu Chandra Das Gupta 565–570The Jaina School of Astronomy (Part II) - The Theory of the two SunsSukumar Ranjan DasCurrent article 571–582Mir Qasim at MonghyrNandlal Chatterji 583–588Fire‑Arms in Ancient India (Part III)Jogesh Chandra Roy 589–590Miscellany – A Note on a passage in the Śatapatha BrāhmaṇaS. N. Pradhan 591–594Miscellany – Notes on Aśoka RescriptsSailendra Nath Mitra 595–599Miscellany – Kapardaka PurāṇaSurendra Kishore Chakraborty 600–605Some Problems of Pre‑Buddhist History and ChronologyHem Chandra Raychaudhuri 606–609Uvvata on Syllabication of ConsonantsV. Venkatarama Sharma 610–610The Besnagar Inscription of HeliodorosVidhushekhara Bhattacharya 611–614Identity of Vidyaranya and MadhavacaryaK. Markandeya Sharma 615–617Nalanda Stone Inscription of Yaśovarmadeva – A RejoinderA. K. Mrityunjayam 618–623Cauhān Mahārājas of Pāṭnā State (Mahākosala)L. P. Pandeya Sharma 624–631ReviewsJitendra Nath Banerjee 632–638Select Contents of Oriental Journals 639–641Bibliographical Notes

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