Alberuni's India : An Account of the Religion, Philosophy, Literature, Geography, Chronology, Astronomy, Customs, Laws and Astrology of India about AD (Paperback)

49. A summary description of the eras; 50. How many star-cycles there are both in a 'kalpa' and in a 'caturyuga'; 51. An explanation of the terms 'adhimasa', 'unaratra', and the 'aharganas', as representing different sums of days; 52. On the calculation of 'ahargana' in general, that is, the resolution of years and months into days, and, vice versa, the composition of years and months out of days; 53. On the ahargana, or the resolution of years into months, according to special rules which are adopted in the calendars for certain dates or moments of time; 54. On the computation of the mean places of the planets; 55. On the order of the planets, their distances and sizes; 56. On the stations of the moon; 57. On the heliacal risings of the stars, and on the ceremonies and rites which the Hindus practise at such a moment; 58. How ebb and flow follow each other in the ocean; 59. On the solar and lunar eclipses; 60. On the parvan; 61. On the dominants of the different measures of time in both religious and astronomical relations, and on connected subjects; 62. On the sixty years samvatsara, also called 'shashtyabda'; 63. On that which especially concerns the Brahmans, and what they are obliged to do during their whole life; 64. On the rites and customs which the other castes, besides the Brahmans, practise during their lifetime; 65. On the sacrifices; 66. On pilgrimage and the visiting of sacred places; 67. On alms, and how a man must spend what he earns; 68. On what is allowed and forbidden in eating and drinking; 69. On matrimony, the menstrual courses, embryos, and childbed; 70. On lawsuits; 71. On punishments and expiations; 72. On inheritance, and what claim the deceased person has on it; 73. About what is due to the bodies of the dead and of the living (i.e. about burying and suicide); 74. On fasting, and the various kinds of it; 75. On the determination of the fast-days; 76. On the festivals and festive days; 77. On days which are held in special veneration, on lucky and unlucky times, and on such times as are particularly favourable for acquiring in them bliss in heaven; 78. On the karanas; 79. On the yogas; 80. On the introductory principles of Hindu astrology, with a short description of their methods of astrological calculations; Annotations; Index.