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GLOSSARY of Terms used in the Maha-Bhaskariya Amsa (3i) (1) Part, fraction. (2) Degree (°). Amsaka () Degree. Amsumat (³) Sun. Akşa (TT) (1) Latitude. (2) Five. Akşakarna () The hypote- nuse of the equinoctial midday shadow (of the gnomon). Akşakoti (erife) Colatitude. Also, sometimes, the Rsine of colatitude. Akşaguna (TTT) The Rsine of latitude. Akşacapa () The arc of latitude, or simply latitude. Aksacāpaguna (अक्षचापगुण) The Rsine of latitude. Aksarjiva (अक्षजीवा) The Rsine of latitude. Akṣajya (3) The Rsine of latitude. Akşabhāga (³) The degrees of latitude. Akşavalana (³) See Valana. Akşasya valana (अक्षस्य वलनम्) Akşavalana. See Valana. Akṣāmsa (³TTTT) The latitude of a place, terrestrial lati- tude, or simply latitude. Akşamsaka (3) Same as Akṣāmsa. Akşonnati (fa) Inclination of the (Earth's) axis, i.e., the latitude of the place. Agata (3¹) Untraversed por- tion; portion to be travers- ed. Agni (af) Three. Agra (3) (1) End. (2) Resi- due, remainder (3) Agrā. Agraguna (³) The Rsine of Agrā. Agra (T) The arc of the celes- tial horizon lying between the east point and the point where a heavenly body rises, or between the west point and the point where a heavenly body sets. Anga (³¹) Six. Angāraka (³) Mars. Angula () Finger-breadth. A unit of linear measure-