Bharatiya Jyotihshastra (History of Indian Astronomy), translated by R. V. Vaidya v1.c6.4
Bhāratīya Jyotiḥśāstra (History of Indian Astronomy), translated by R. V. Vaidya v1.c6.4
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The starry belt, along with planets, appears to make one complete revolution round the earth in about one day. But it was only Āryabhaṭa I, who held the modern view that this diurnal motion is not real but apparent and is caused by the diurnal rotation of the earth; others held that the diurnal motion of the starry belt was real and almost all the authors of *Siddhāntas* have blamed Āryabhaṭa for holding a divergent view.