A Historical View of the Hindu Astronomy, from the Earlist Dawn of that Science in India, to the Present Time: In Two Parts. The ancient astronomy. The modern astronomy, with an explanation of the apparent cause of its introduction, and the various impositions that followed. Part I.. Part II., Parts 1-2Smith, Elder, & Company, 1825 - 282 pages |
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ancient Anubis aphelion appear Aquarius Aries Ārya Aryabhatta astronomical Asuras Aswini beginning of Aswini beginning of Cancer Bhaskara Brahma Gupta Brahma Siddhanta Capricorn Colebrooke Colures commencement computation constellations cosmical rising ecliptic enters the sign epoch equinoxes errors figure forgery geocentric longitude give given head heliacal rising heliocentric longitude Hindu astronomy Hindu books Hindu sphere imposition Jupiter Kali Yuga Kalpa latitude Lunar Asterism Lunar Mansions Magha marked Mars mean annual motions mean longitude mean motions Mercury middle column modern month moon's Node number of revolutions observations Pārāsara period Pisces planets positions precession Rāma Rāmāyana reckoned Represented respect right ascension Rishis rising of Canopus Roman calendar Saturn Subtract suh yih sun enters sun's longitude sun's mean longitude supposed Surya Siddhanta system of Brahma tablet Taurus tion tropical sphere twice equated Ujein Varaha Mihira Venus vernal equinoctial point Virgo Vishnu winter solstice