Tradition of Astronomy in India
By B.V. Subbarayappa
December 2008
Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers
Distributed by Coronet Books Inc.
ISBN: 9788187586326
544 pages
$139.50 Hardcover
Series: History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization
Vol.IV
Part 4
This book endeavours to
present the perceptible facets of the tradition of astronomy in India:- the
torch bearers of this tradition and their texts; main charateristics of Indian
astronomy; scientific approach to the phenomenon of eclipse; pancanga and
its social dimensions including the vrata-s, festivals and other observances;
origin of astrological ideas, their seeming links with astronomy and certain
contradictions; extensive computations concerning planetary revolutions in
a huge cyclic period mean as well as true positions of planets and associated
mathematical aspects.
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