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- Title
The Classical World: THE RECOVERY OF EARLY GREEK ASTRONOMY FROM INDIA.
- Authors
PINGREE, DAVID
- Abstract
The article discusses the characteristics and transmission of early Greek astronomy to India which apparently started in the second century. Topics discussed include Indian adaptations and translations of Greek astrological texts into Sanskrit, steps for computing planetary longitudes according to the Indian adaptations of Greek astronomical texts, and planetary theory based on the yuga system.
- Subjects
GREEK astronomy; GREEK astrology; HISTORY of astronomy; ASTRONOMY in literature; TRANSLATIONS of Greek literature; PLANETARY theory
- Publication
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 2014, Vol 104, Issue 3, p97
- ISSN
0065-9746
- Publication type
Article