Indian astronomy at that time was taking much of its lead from cyclic Hindu cosmology in which nature operted in cycles, setting the stage for searching for numerical patterns in the expected time frames for eclipses.

• 在那时，印度天文学家在印度的循环宇宙论方面有主导的地位，大自然是在循环之中，为以数学来预算日蚀时间打下了基础。