History Of Indian Astronomy The Siamese Manuscript

Author : Anil Narayanan
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781483496320

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History of Indian Astronomy: The Siamese Manuscript by Anil Narayanan Pdf

The Siamese Manuscript holds the distinction of being the very first document relating to Indian Astronomy to reach Europe in a pristine form. Some fragments of Indian Astronomy had undoubtedly reached Europe in earlier times, but those tidbits were likely received in a highly altered form due to difficulties in translation, and the so-called cultural barrier. The Siamese Manuscript helped overcome this barrier by being a compendium of Indian astronomical knowledge in plain Siamese. The timing of the arrival of the manuscript in Europe was significant. After a couple hundred years the Renaissance was finally bearing fruit, and European intellectual prowess was at a peak. The deeper principles of Indian Astronomy, which had gone over the heads of the Greeks and the Arabs who first encountered them, could now be fully understood and appreciated for the first time by people outside India.

Author : John BENTLEY (Member of the Asiatic Society.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1823
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0018296594

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Historical View of the Hindu Astronomy, from the earliest dawn of that science in India, down to the present time, etc by John BENTLEY (Member of the Asiatic Society.) Pdf

Author : Thanu Padmanabhan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9788184899986

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Astronomy in India: A Historical Perspective by Thanu Padmanabhan Pdf

India has a strong and ancient tradition of astronomy, which seamlessly merges with the current activities in Astronomy and Astrophysics in the country. While the younger generation of astronomers and students are reasonably familiar with the current facilities and the astronomical research, they might not have an equally good knowledge of the rich history of Indian astronomy. This particular volume, brought out as a part of the Platinum Jubilee Celebrations of Indian National Science Academy, concentrates on selected aspects of historical development of Indian astronomy in the form of six invited chapters. Two of the chapters – by Balachandra Rao and M.S. Sriram – cover ancient astronomy and the development of calculus in the ancient Kerela text Yuktibhasa. The other four chapters by B.V. Sreekantan, Siraj Hasan, Govind Swarup and Jayant Narlikar deal with the contemporary history of Indian astronomy covering space astronomy, optical astronomy, radio astronomy and developments in relativistic astrophysics. These chapters, written by experts in the field, provide an in-depth study of the subject and make this volume quite unique.

Author : John Bentley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1825
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : HARVARD:32044024331688

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A Historical View of the Hindu Astronomy by John Bentley Pdf

Author : John Bentley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1825
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : ONB:+Z184492909

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A Historical View of the Hindu Astronomy (etc.) by John Bentley Pdf

Author : B. V. Subbarayappa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : UOM:39015080549820

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The Tradition of Astronomy in India by B. V. Subbarayappa Pdf

Illustrations: Numerous Colour Illustrations Description: The volumes of the Project of History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization aim to discover the central aspects of India's heritage and present them in an interrelated manner. In spite of their unitary look, these volumes recognize the difference between the areas of material civilization and those of ideational culture. The Project is not being executed by a single group of thinkers, methodologically uniform or ideologically identical in their commitments. Rather, contributions are made by different scholars of diverse ideological persuasions and methodological approaches. The Project is marked by what may be called 'methodological pluralism'. In spite of its primarily historical character, this project, both in its conceptualization and execution, has been shaped by scholars drawn from different disciplines. It is the first time that an endeavour of such unique and comprehensive character has been undertaken to study critically a major world civilization. This Volume endeavours to present the perceptible facets of the tradition of astronomy in India : - the torch-bearers of this tradition and their texts; main characteristics 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. In order to have the narrative undisturbed, the related mathematical astronomy has been given in the Appendices. Computations apart, Indian astronomers were keen observers of the motions of celestial bodies and used several instruments, and this aspect has been dealt with appropriately. The question of transmissions in the early centuries before and after the Christian Era vis-a-vis the originality and endogenous developments of Indian astronomy, has been addressed in an objective manner. Since Islamic astronomy has also fostered its tradition in India for over 500 years, three articles on this have been reproduced in the Appendices. Indian astronomical texts are noted for their mathematical-astronomical scientific terminology which was so standardized that it enabled astronomers (who were separated both in time and space), to articulate and promote this tradition over the centuries, as evidenced by the extensive glossary of technical terms given at the end. It is hoped that this Volume, probably the first of its kind inasmuch as it sheds light on both the scientific and the long tradition of Indian astronomy, will be found useful by scholars and general readers alike.

Author : Joydeep Sen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317318439

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Astronomy in India, 1784–1876 by Joydeep Sen Pdf

Indian scientific achievements in the early twentieth century are well known, with a number of heralded individuals making globally recognized strides in the field of astrophysics. Covering the period from the foundation of the Asiatick Society in 1784 to the establishment of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science in 1876, Sen explores the relationship between Indian astronomers and the colonial British. He shows that from the mid-nineteenth century, Indians were not passive receivers of European knowledge, but active participants in modern scientific observational astronomy.

Author : M. S. Sriram,K. Ramasubramanian,M. D. Srinivas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Hindu astronomy
ISBN : CHI:63221587

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500 Years of Tantrasangraha by M. S. Sriram,K. Ramasubramanian,M. D. Srinivas Pdf

`Tantrasangraha` By The Renowned Kerala Astronomer Nilakantha Somayaji (C. 1444-1545 Ad) Ranks Along With `Aryabhatiya` Of Aryabhata And Siddhantasiromani (C. 1150 Ad) Of Bhaskaracharya As One Of The Major Works Which Significantly Influenced All Further Work On Astronomy In India.

Author : L. Satpathy
Publisher : Alpha Science Int'l Ltd.
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Science
ISBN : 8173194327

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Ancient Indian Astronomy and Contributions of Samanta Chandra Sekhar by L. Satpathy Pdf

Samanta Chandra Sekhar (1835-1904) occupies a special position in Ancient Indian Astronomy, being the last link in a long chain of illustrious astronomers commencing with Aryabhata (5th century AD). The book describes how he identified errors accumulated over the ages, eradicated them and brought the subject to final perfection. The discovery of the three anomalies in the motion of the moon, hiking of the Earth-Sun distance by more than ten times the value taken by his predecessors and his novel planetary model with heliocentric motion of the planets are some of his major contributions. How astronomy developed in ancient civilizations of the world, and the frontier topics in astrophysics like Dark Matter etc. discussed in a few articles help in developing an integral perspective of the reader.

Author : John Bentley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1823
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1112800414

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Historical view of the Hindu astronomy by John Bentley Pdf

Author : W. Brennand
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Astronomy, Hindu
ISBN : CHI:11531930

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Hindu Astronomy by W. Brennand Pdf

Author : Wayne Orchiston,Aniket Sule,Mayank Vahia
Publisher : Springer
Page : 527 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811336454

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The Growth and Development of Astronomy and Astrophysics in India and the Asia-Pacific Region by Wayne Orchiston,Aniket Sule,Mayank Vahia Pdf

This book discusses the study of astronomy in different cultures, applied historical astronomy and history of multi-wavelength astronomy, and the genesis of recent research. It contains peer-reviewed papers gathered from the International Conference on Oriental Astronomy 9 (ICOA-9) held at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune, India. It covers the areas like megalithic and other prehistoric astronomy, astronomical records in ancient texts, astronomical myths and architecture, astronomical themes in numismatics and rock art, ancient astronomers and their instruments, star maps and star catalogues, historical records and observations of astronomical events, calendars, calendrical science and chronology, the relation between astronomy and mathematics, and maritime astronomy. This book will be a valuable complement to a future generation of students and researchers who develop an interest in the field of Asian and circum-Pacific history of astronomy.

Author : John BENTLEY (Member of the Asiatic Society.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1825
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:556789714

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Historical View of the Hindu Astronomy, from the earliest dawn of that science in India, down to the present time, etc by John BENTLEY (Member of the Asiatic Society.) Pdf

Author : Friedrich Max Müller
Publisher : Rarebooksclub.com
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1230185682

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On Ancient Hindu Astronomy and Chronology by Friedrich Max Müller Pdf

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1862 edition. Excerpt: ... astrologiques, ce besoin primitif et uniinstants ou ils se trouvent dans ce plan. Vingt-versel de l'esprit humain." Journal des Savants, huit etoiles, reparties sur le contour du ciel, et 1861, (p. 9.) toujours les memes, leur servent comme autant de Though I had hoped that some one better qualified than myself would vindicate the Indian origin of the ancient Indian astronomy, and though I consider Professor Whitney, who, to an extensive acquaintance with astronomy adds a scholar-like knowledge of Sanskrit, an antagonist even more formidable than Biot, yet, as I protested against the conclusions of the one, I feel bound to oppose the arguments of the other. I do not see that we gain any thing by assuming an indirect instead of a direct importation of Chinese wisdom into India, particularly if the intermediate stage seems to have no other object than to bring the scientific discoveries of the Chinese down to the level of the Indian understanding. Nor do I see that we fare better if, as Professor Weber proposes, we admit a spreading of astronomical knowledge from a Semitic centre, and assume the fundamental notions of chrononomy to have been imported from Babylon to China on one side, and to India on the other. I differ toto ccelo from every one of these theories. I feel as strongly to-day as I did when, in the year 1846,1 read at Paris the articles then published by Biot, that the Brahmans cannot have borrowed the idea of the Nakshatras from the Chinese. I maintain, 1. that the Nakshatras were suggested to the Hindus by the moon's sidereal revolution; 2. that they were intended to mark certain equal divisions of the heavens; and 3. that their number was originally twenty-seven, not twenty-eight. Die Vedischen...

Author : Aditya Kolachana,K. Mahesh,K. Ramasubramanian
Publisher : Springer
Page : 742 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-29
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9789811373268

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Studies in Indian Mathematics and Astronomy by Aditya Kolachana,K. Mahesh,K. Ramasubramanian Pdf

This volume presents a collection of some of the seminal articles of Professor K. S. Shukla who made immense contributions to our understanding of the history and development of mathematics and astronomy in India. It consists of six parts: Part I constitutes introductory articles which give an overview of the life and work of Prof. Shukla, including details of his publications, reminiscences from his former students, and an analysis of his monumental contributions. Part II is a collection of important articles penned by Prof. Shukla related to various aspects of Indian mathematics. Part III consists of articles by Bibhutibhusan Datta and Avadhesh Narayan Singh—which together constitute the third unpublished part of their History of Hindu Mathematics—that were revised and updated by Prof. Shukla. Parts IV and V consist of a number of important articles of Prof. Shukla on different aspects of Indian astronomy. Part VI includes some important reviews authored by him and a few reviews of his work. Given the sheer range and depth of Prof. Shukla’s scholarship, this volume is essential reading for scholars seeking to deepen their understanding of the rich and varied contributions made by Indian mathematicians and astronomers.