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Glossary
4- Śūnyaशून्यZero, as a number and as a place-holder in decimal notation.Ganita
- BhakūṭaभकूटSeventh koota (7 points): relative positions of the two Moon signs.Jyotish · Hora
- Graha maitrī kūṭaग्रहमैत्रीकूटFifth koota (5 points): friendship between the two Moon-sign lords.Jyotish · Hora
- Nāḍī kūṭaनाडीकूटEighth koota (8 points): ādi, madhya and antya nāḍīs of nakshatras.Jyotish · Hora
Articles
4- What the Vedic sciences are, and how they connectA map of India's classical knowledge traditions, from the Vedas through the six Vedangas to the applied sciences, and where Jyotish sits among them.Veda
- Shunya: how India gave the world zero, and why it matters to JyotishZero as a placeholder, zero as a number, and the astronomers who needed both to compute the sky.Ganita
- Tithi: why the Hindu day is a lunar dayTwelve degrees between Sun and Moon: how the tithi is defined, why it varies in length, and why festivals follow it.Panchanga
- Sidereal and tropical: what the ayanamsa is, and why LahiriTwo zodiacs, one sky. How the slow wobble of the Earth's axis separates them, and how India chose a standard in the 1950s.Siddhanta