Historical View of the Hindu Astronomy - From the Earliest Dawn of That Science in India to the Present Time

Klappentext First published in 1825, this monograph charts the history of Indian astronomy from its Vedic origins to the modern era. Zusammenfassung Matching modern astronomical tables to data from canonical Hindu texts like the Vedas and the Ramayana! this 1825 study strives to establish the scientific facts behind such mythological events as the birth of Rama! the war of the gods and giants! and the marriages of the moon. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Part I: 1. The early part of the Hindu astronomy involved in great obscurity; 2. Rama; 3. The war between the gods and the giants in the west; 4. Commencement of the third astronomical period; 5. Commencement of the fifth astronomical period; Part II: 1. Commencement of the eighth astronomical period; 2. System of Varaha; 3. The Arya Siddhanta; 4. Vahara Mihira, like Aryabhatta, endeavours to support the new order of things; 5. The cause of Varaha Mihira being thrown back into antiquity by the moderns explained; 6. Self-defence the object of this section; Appendix.

Product details

• Authors: John Bentley
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.02.2013
• EAN: 9781108055420
• ISBN: 978-1-108-05542-0
• No. of pages: 334
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - South Asian History
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); SCIENCE / History, History of Science, Astronomy, space & time, Astronomy, space and time, SCIENCE / Space Science / Astronomy