Krantimaurvika, Krāntimaurvikā, Kranti-maurvika: 1 definition

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Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

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Source: INSA Digital Repository: Determination of Ascensional Difference in the Lagnaprakarana

Krāntimaurvikā (क्रान्तिमौर्विका) refers to the “Rsine of the declination”, according to verse 23 of the Lagnaprakaraṇa (lit. “treatise for the computation of the ascendant), an astronomical work in eight chapters dealing with the determination of the ascendant (udayalagna or orient ecliptic point).—Accordingly, “The Rsine of the declination (krāntimaurvikā) multiplied by one-lambath part of the product of the radius and [the Rsine of] the latitude and divided by the day-radius would be the Rsine of the ascensional difference. Indeed, its arc would be the ascensional difference in arc-minutes”.

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Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

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