bṛhaspaticakra

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bṛhaspaticakra

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The second, the bṛhaspaticakra, starts, according to different traditions, from ad 427 or from 3116 bc. Before ad 907 one year was periodically omitted in order to keep the cycle in concordance with the solar years. Since 907 the special names by which every year of the cycle…
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The second, the bṛhaspaticakra, starts, according to different traditions, from ad 427 or from 3116 bc. Before ad 907 one year was periodically omitted in order to keep the cycle in concordance with the solar years. Since 907 the special names by which every year of the cycle…
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