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Yuktibhāṣā is written in an extremely lucid style and there is not really much need for any further explanation regarding the meaning or import of the text. The following explanatory notes are appended to the English translation mainly to elucidate the processes set forth in the text by means of equations, diagrams and notations currently employed in mathematics and astronomy. They are in the form of supplementary explanatory notes which are to be read along with the translation and are not meant to be an independent exposition of the contents of Yuktibhāṣā. Also while writing these explanatory notes we have restricted our objective more or less exclusively to elucidating the text, except for offering a few comments which are generally relegated to the footnotes.1
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Sarma, K.V., Ramasubramanian, K., Srinivas, M.D., Sriram, M.S. (2008). Prologue. In: Gaṇita-Yukti-Bhāṣā (Rationales in Mathematical Astronomy) of Jyeṣṭhadeva. Culture and History of Mathematics. Hindustan Book Agency, Gurgaon. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-93-86279-36-1_8
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