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The science of calculations with unknowns is the source of the science of calculations with knowns.

— Bhāskara I

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Datta and Singh, History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book, Part II, 1962:quoted in : Bhaskar Kamble, The Imperishable Seed: How Hindu Mathematics Changed the World and why this History was Erased, Garuda Prakashan Private Limited, 2022 ISBN 9798885750189

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Analysis (bija) is the intellect assisted by the various symbols that has now taken the name algebra (bijaganita).

The line which passes through Lanka, Vatsyapura, Avanti, Sthánesvara, and the "abode of the gods" [= Mount Meru = north pole] is the prime meridian [desantara vidhàyani, lit. the prime meridian for longitude differences.]

On any day calculate the longitude of the Sun and the Moon for sunrise or sunset without applying the longitude correction, and therefrom find the time (since sunrise or sunset), in ghatis, of rising or setting of the Moon; and having done this, note the corresponding time in ghatis from the water clock. From the difference, knowledgeable astronomers can calculate the local longitude in time.*?

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