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Vedanga Jyotisha

Vedangajyotisa

The earliest surviving Sanskrit astronomical text sets out rules for tracking the sun and moon through a five-year lunisolar calendrical cycle, with the sole practical aim of fixing correct dates for Vedic sacrifices rather than describing the heavens for their own sake.

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