Shadow table

Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials. Version 1. December 2002 Columbia University Catalog: go to CLIO 1 leaf : 12 x 28 cm Table of the length of the noon shadow, measured in feet, for every degree of solar longitude. Arranged as are the bhāvapattras. The longest shadow is 5;56 feet when the sun is at Sagittarius 8 and 9; the shortest is 0;0 feet when the sun is at Gemini 8 and 9. Since the ayanāṃśa is given as 22, the equinoxes occur at Pisces 8 and Virgo 8, when the noon shadow is 2;58 feet. A verse "paradinaṃ svadinena ... patitaṃ svadinaṃ bhaveta", is at the bottom of the recto and a verse "istaprabha madhyapadavihina ... purvapararddha gatasesanatha[h]", is at the bottom of the verso Gift; Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944; Smith Indic MB CIII