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३८६ APPEN IDX II i Ardhajyā Half-chord or Risine. Asakrtkarma Process of iteration or of successive approxima tions. Asita Measure of the Moon's unilluminated part. Asitapaksa The dark half of a lunar (synodic) month; the dark fortnight. Asitaparva New moon tithi. Aspi The red-coloured planet Mars. Astakendra Sighrakendra for he liacal setting of a planet. Astalagna. The setting point of the ecliptic; the astalagna of a heavenly body is the point of the eciptic which rises when the heavenly body sets. Astarka (for a star) The Sun's position at the time of star's heliacal setting. Astavilagna Same as Astalagna. Astodayasatra Same as Udayasta Si tra. Asu A unit of time equal to four sidereal seconds. Avalambajya Same as Lambajya. Avama Omitted day. Avamasesa Residue of the omitt ed days. Ayanati Same ás Nati. Ayana Period from one solstice to the next. Ayanacalana Precession of the equinoxes. Ayanadrkkarma Arc of the ecliptic lying between planet's hour circle and circle of celestial longitude. Ayanasandhi Points of the ecliptic lying ninety degrees distant from the golasandhi points. Ayanavalana Angle subtended at the eclipsed body by the arc joining the north poles of the equator and the ecliptic. Ayukpada Odd quadrant. Bahu, Same as Bhuja. Baga Celestial latitude. Bha Star; asterism; sign. Bhä Shadow (of the gnomon). Bhabhrama Locus of (the end of) shadow. Bhadivasa Sidereal day. Bhagana Revolution; revolution number. Bhagola Sphere of the asterisms. Bhāgrā Agrā for the shadow-circle. Bhakaksya Orbit or circle of the asterisms. Bhakarna Hypotenuse of shadow. Bhakaravritta Same as Bhayrta. Bhansa Degrees in a circle i. e. 360. Bhauma. Mars, son of Earth. See also Angaraka. Bhavalaya (or Bhartta) Same as BhakakȘyā. Bhavarta Revolution of the aster isms; sidereal day. Bhartta The shadow-circle; the circle drawn by taking the length of shadow for the radius. Bhavrittagra Same as BhagraBheda One-half; eclipse of one planet by another, called bhedayuti; occultation of a Sta.