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Treasures of Ancient Indian Astronomy by K. D. Abhyankar,Burra Gautam Sidharth Pdf
The Book Arises Out Of A Seminar Held In 1987 At Birla Planetarium Hyderabad On Ancient Indian Astronomy. Divided In 5 Sections-Vedic Astronomy, Astronomy Of Vedanga Jyotisa, Siddhantic And Calendaric Astronomy, Puranic Astronomy, Miscellaneous Aspects Of Indian Astronomy. 14 Papers In All.Without Dustjacket.
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.
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.
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
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...
Descriptive Archaeoastronomy and Ancient Indian Chronology by Amitabha Ghosh Pdf
This book presents the basic fundamentals of descriptive archaeoastronomy and its application to the astronomical descriptions found in ancient Indian scriptures. Archaeoastronomy is a branch of positional astronomy that helps to determine the epochs of ancient astronomical alignments and special astronomical events. In this book, only the descriptions of special stellar alignments and events found in ancient texts can identify the antiquity of the descriptions. India possesses a large volume of ancient scriptures like Vedas and Puranas which contain many astronomical descriptions as in ancient India positional astronomy was well developed. The antiquities of these texts are determined through archaeoastronomical techniques. Major events like Mahabharata War are dated and using these dates a chronology of ancient India is determined. The astronomically determined chronology is compared with the results from various archaeological, palaeoclimatological, geological and genealogical investigations of ancient India. This introductory book interests readers interested in unveiling the mystery involved with the protohistory of this ancient civilization.
Astronomy In Ancient Indian Belief Systems by Chandrashekar B U Pdf
A perspective that origins of ancient Gods of India are based on sky constellations The ancient Gods of India have been worshipped through several millennia and have infused faith, spirituality, and mystique in humankind. The Gods come fully equipped with their divine vehicles, weapons and elaborate belief systems. Billions of devotees all around the world follow many of these beliefs even in this present era. The puzzling belief systems generate wonder/curiosity, and they pose questions. Where is Mount Mēru, where the churning of the ocean occurred? From this churning arose Kāmadhēnu, the holy cow and the pot of Amrita. What signifies Amrita, the heavenly nectar? Where are Amrita and Kāmadhēnu now? Where did the book of Ayurveda originate from? Why do we see Lord Vishnu in a sleeping posture on the Giant serpent Ādishēsha & Lakshmi Devi floating in an ocean? Why are rivers holy? How did Ganga travel from Heaven to Earth? What is Akasha Ganga’s meaning? Why do we celebrate Basant Panchami by flying kites? Why are Shiva and Parvati represented together in iconography with a single body? Why is Akshaya Tritiya called so? Whom does Keerthimukha, the demon head depicted on the Gopura/peak of a temple entrance represent? What is the strange hybrid fish/ crocodile/ creature coming out of Keerthimukha’s mouth? What does the Nataraja dance posture indicate? Why is the Lord of wealth Kubēra not worshipped anymore? Why is Shiva wearing the moon on his head and associated with his drum, the Damaru? Why does Lakshmi have eight forms (Ashtalakshmi)? Why is Vishnu called Padmanābha, The Lord Who Has A Lotus Shaped Navel? What is Thōrana, the set of mango leaves tied together hanging on the top of Indian doors? How really did all these ancient Gods of India and belief systems originate? Did the Indians alone perceive it? Did the beliefs of ancient civilizations In the Indus valley, Mesopotamian, Egyptian, etc. have shared origins? Can some of these answers be found in Astronomy? Yes, read this book to find out further!
