The Hindu Temple v1.c5.s2.11

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²⁵ The ‘Sūryaprajñapti’ (G. Thibaut, ‘On the Sūryaprajñapti’, JASB, Vol. 49, pt. I, p. 117) and the Purāṇas explain 3 different motions of the sun: (1) the daily motion. The sun seems to approach from the east, passes through our field of vision, disappears in the west; (2) the annual motion. The sun seems to pass in the course of a year through the circle of the Nakṣatras, proceeding from west to east. (3) The motion in declension. The sun ascends towards the north during one half of the year and descends towards the south during the other half.