Mahiguna, Mahīguṇa, Mahi-guna: 1 definition
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Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: INSA Digital Repository: Determination of Ascensional Difference in the LagnaprakaranaMahīguṇa (महीगुण) refers to the “earth-sine”, according to verse 18 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 quotient obtained from dividing the product [of the Rsine] of the declination and the Rsine of the latitude by the Rcosine of the latitude is the earth-sine (mahīguṇa). They (i.e. scholars) know [the result] from the radius multiplied earth-sine divided by the day-radius converted to an arc to be the ascensional difference”.
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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