 | American Oriental Society - 1860 - 632 páginas
...For the shadow, we have the common word chAyA, "shadow," and also, in many places, prabhA and bh&, which' properly signify the very opposite of shadow,...and the equinoctial circle (vishuvanmandala). The line drawn east and west through the base of the gnomon may be regarded as the line of common intersection... | |
 | 1860 - 402 páginas
...For the shadow, we have the common word chayA^ "shadow," and also, in many places, probhA and (Ad, which properly signify the very opposite of shadow,...gnomon. 6. The east and west line is called the prime vortical (samamandala) ; it is likewise denominated the east and west hoar circle (unmandala) and the... | |
 | Narendra Kumar - 2004 - 239 páginas
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 | 1928 - 520 páginas
...going out from the centre ; by the digits of its base lines projected upon that is any shadow reckoned. The east and west line is called the prime vertical...hour circle (unmandala) and the equinoctial circle (visuvanmandala) j draw likewise an east and west line through the equinoctial shadow (visuvacchaya)... | |
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For the shadow, we have the common word chAyA, "shadow," and also, in many places, prabhA and bh&, which' properly signify the very opposite of shadow, namely " light, radiance :" it is difficult to see how they should come to be used in this sense ;... 