Sanskrit Astronomical Table Text <i>Brahmatulyasāraṇī</i>
Numerical Tables in Textual Scholarship
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Word Count
57,000 words, Guess
Page Count
228 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL34946599M
- ISBN-139789004431416
- OCLC Control Number1184124219
- Library of Congress Control Number2020036150
Classifications
- LCCQB18.M57 2020
Description
"The 17th-century Brahmatulyasāraṇīis a rich repository of information about Indian mathematical astronomy and its genres of scientific writing in Sanskrit. This painstaking critical edition, translation, and technical analysis of the work includes detailed technical background about its content and relation to the seminal 12th-century astronomical handbook Karaṇakutūhala. This book explores important contextual information about the role and study of numerical tables in pre-modern astronomy, as well as the many challenges arising from critically editing numerical data in the Indian astral sciences"--
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