Questions about Vedic circles

Kyriakos

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The following is a circle split to 9 parts, used in the Vedic systems (this specific pic is using this in some astrology, but the circle with nine parts seems to be a symbol from Sanscrit times)

9-12-circle-CardPoints.jpg


I wanted to ask if anyone knows of some background on this somewhat peculiar geometric division of the circle. Each part obviously has 40 degrees, but more interesting is that:

-9 and 0 are linked, as the obvious pinnacle of the circle.

-The other triangles seem to extend to shapes of other significance, and at any rate are not fully inside the circle.

So i would be very interested in some info on the origin of this collection of trianges in the Vedes :)
 
It looks to me like a calculator using circles and lines.
 
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