Bharatiya Jyotihshastra (History of Indian Astronomy), translated by R. V. Vaidya v2.c12.s2.t4.2
Bhāratīya Jyotiḥśāstra (History of Indian Astronomy), translated by R. V. Vaidya v2.c12.s2.t4.2
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v2.c12.s2.t4.2
The basic principles underlying the Pitāmaha Siddhānta have been given in the 12th chapter of the Pañcasiddhāntikā. That chapter contains only five āryās (couplets). Nowhere else in the Pañcasiddhāntikā is found anything about this Siddhānta. The first two of the five couplets run thus :—