[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981) › c3.4 # Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c3.4 Jyotiḥśāstra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c3.4 - **Language:** English ### [c3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c3.4) 1. \*śyenaciti\* or "hawk altar"² by one desiring heaven (\*suvarga\*); 2. \*kaṅkaciti\* or "heron altar" by one desiring a head in the other world; 3. \*alajaciti\* or "\*alaja\*-bird altar" with four furrows by one desiring support; 4. \*praügaciti\* or "triangle altar" by one desiring to repel his foes; 5. \*ubhayataḥ praügaciti\* or "triangle on both sides altar" by one desiring to repel both present and future foes; 6. \*rathacakraciti\* or "chariot-wheel altar" by one wishing to defeat his foes; 7. \*droṇaciti\* or "trough altar" by one desiring food; 8. \*samūhyaciti\*³ or "things to be gathered together altar" by one desiring cattle; 9. \*paricāyyaciti\*⁴ or "circle altar" by one desiring a village; 10. \*śmaśānaciti\*⁴ or "cemetery altar" by one desiring the world of the fathers (\*pitṛloka\*). - [Previous: c3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c3.3) - [Next: c3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c3.5) - [Up: c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c3.4) · Pramāṇa