Tantrasaṅgraha of Nīlakaṇṭha Somayājī

Buch | Hardcover
598 Seiten
2011
Springer London Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-85729-035-9 (ISBN)

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Tantrasaṅgraha of Nīlakaṇṭha Somayājī - K. Ramasubramanian, M. S. Sriram
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Tantrasangraha, composed by the renowned Kerala astronomer Nīlakantha Somayājī (c.1444-1545 AD) ranks along with Āryabhatīya of Āryabhata and Siddhāntaśiromani of Bhāskarācārya as one of the major works which significantly influenced further work on astronomy in India. One of the distinguishing features is the introduction of a major revision of the traditional Indian planetary model. Nīlakantha arrived at a unified theory of planetary latitudes and a better formulation of the equation of centre for the interior planets (Mercury and Venus) than was previously available.



In preparing the translation and explanatory notes, K. Ramasubramanian and M. S. Sriram have used authentic Sanskrit editions of Tantrasangraha by Surand Kunjan Pillai and K V Sarma. All verses have been translated into English, which have been supplemented with detailed explanations including all necessary mathematical relations, illustrative examples, figures and tables using modern mathematical notation.

Mean longitudes of planets.- True longitudes of planets.- Gnomonic shadow.- Lunar eclipse.- Solar eclipse.- Vyatīpāta.- Reduction to observation.- Elevation of lunar horns.- Appendices.

Reihe/Serie Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
Zusatzinfo 167 Illustrations, color; 6 Illustrations, black and white; XXX, 598 p. 173 illus., 167 illus. in color.
Verlagsort England
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Allgemeines / Lexika
Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Geschichte der Mathematik
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Astronomie / Astrophysik
ISBN-10 0-85729-035-5 / 0857290355
ISBN-13 978-0-85729-035-9 / 9780857290359
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