Karaṇakesarī of Bhāskara: a 17th-century table text for computing eclipses Page 1 History of
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The foremost historiographic challenge in interpreting premodern Indian mathematics is
arguably not anachronism so much as anachorism, the blurring of geographical or cultural …

We discuss the different approaches to the observation of eclipses by ancient cultures with a
particular emphasis on the astronomical myths in the Indian culture. We show that all …

The identification of certain crucial moments or phases in an eclipse appears as far back as
Babylonian eclipse records. 1 Standard phases for a total lunar eclipsearepicturedinfigure16 …

In this paper we discuss in detail the concepts of (i) the deśāntara correction to the mean
longitude of a heavenly body, and (ii) the linear distance, called yojana. We consider the …

The eleventh century Indian astronomer and mathematician Śatānandācārya wrote the
Bhāsvatī on CE 7 April 1099. Correspondingly this was the Pournima (Full Moon day) of the …

In Indian astronomical texts, generally the lunar occultation of particular stars, like Makhā
(Regulus), Citrā (Spica), Rohiṇi (Aldebaran) and Jyesṭhā (Antares), are considered …

The period including the latter half of the fifteenth century and the earlier half of the sixteenth
century witnessed a big resurgence in the development of astronomy, not only in Europe but …

Indian astronomical texts have records of lunar astronomy since the Puranic age. In the
Vednga Jyotia (1350 B CE), the algorithm for computing eclipses is not found. This …