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# Suryasiddhanta 2.4

Sūryasiddhānta 2.4

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.siddhanta.early.suryasiddhanta.2.4)

grahāt prāgbhagaṇārdhasthaH prāṅmukhaṃ karṣati graham/  
uccasaṃjño +aparārdhasthas tadvat paścānmukhaṃ graham//

> Now, when little remained of the Kṛta \[yuga\], a great asura named Maya, / desirous of knowing the supreme, auspicious, and highest knowledge,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.siddhanta.early.suryasiddhanta~en-mt.2) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (6)

- [Gūḍhārthaprakāśaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.siddhanta.early.suryasiddhanta!ranganatha.2.4) — Raṅganātha (Gūḍhārthaprakāśaka) 1603, Sanskrit
- [Gūḍhārthaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.siddhanta.early.suryasiddhanta!ranganatha-gudharthaprakasa.2.4) — Raṅganātha, Sanskrit
- [Sūryasiddhāntavivaraṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.siddhanta.early.suryasiddhanta!paramesvara) — Parameśvara of Vaṭasseri, Sanskrit
- [Sauravāsanā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.siddhanta.early.suryasiddhanta!kamalakara) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Sūryasiddhāntavyākhyāvivaraṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.siddhanta.early.suryasiddhanta!suryasiddhantavyakhyavivarana) — Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Parameśvara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.siddhanta.early.suryasiddhanta!paramesvara-commentary) — Parameśvara, Sanskrit

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