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Bh?skar?c?rya's Siddh?nta?iroma?i ? Grahaga?ita with the V?san?bh??ya: Translation with Explanatory Notes

Ram, Sita Sunder
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09 / 2026
9789819592944
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Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
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Sinopsis

The Siddhanta?iroma?i was composed in 1150 CE by the celebrated mathematicianndash;astronomer Bhaskaracarya. In the Grahaga?itadhyaya part of it, most of the standard calculations and algorithms in Indian astronomy of his times are included. All these are explained in detail with commentary on the text, namely, the Vasanabha?ya or Mitak?ara. This book is on this part only. All the 460 verses of this part have been translated afresh in this work. Now, it is in the Vasanabha?ya that the contents of the verses are expounded in detail. In addition, the detailed derivations and proofs of the statements and algorithms are presented in the upapattis. Study of the vasana is indispensable for understanding the methodology of, in particular, and thereby, of Indian astronomers in general. The distinct scientific method of Bhaskara (indeed of the Indian astronomical tradition in general, of which he was a leading exponent), his approach to problems and the ways to solve them, can be understood only when one goes through the commentary and understands it. It is for this reason that the Vasanabha?ya has been translated into English for all the verses, for the first time. Explanatory notes based on the vasana of Bhaskara have been provided for all the verses in modern notation, with a large number of diagrams to facilitate the understanding. The nbsp;first nbsp;volume nbsp;of nbsp;the book comprises nbsp;the nbsp;three nbsp;chapters nbsp;on Madhayama (Mean longitudes), Spa??a (True longitudes) and Tripra?na (the nbsp;three problems) with nbsp; about nbsp;300 nbsp;verses.Scholars working in the nbsp;area nbsp;of nbsp;history nbsp;of Indian astronomy and mathematics will nbsp;find nbsp;the present nbsp; work nbsp;on nbsp;this nbsp;major text of nbsp; Bhaskaracarya nbsp;with nbsp;his nbsp;auto-commentary, very valuable . In fact, nbsp;anyone with nbsp;an undergraduate-level nbsp;knowledge nbsp;of mathematics and nbsp;serious interest in nbsp;Indian astronomy will nbsp;find nbsp;this work very nbsp;useful nbsp;for nbsp;understanding the nbsp;subject, as nbsp;it nbsp;is nbsp;reasonably nbsp;self-contained.

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