Download or read book Zero Points of Vedic Astronomy written by Raja Ram Mohan Roy and published by . This book was released on 2023-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indian astronomical texts give the coordinates of the yogataras or junction stars of nakshatras. These coordinates have been interpreted as polar coordinates, which depend on the position of the north celestial pole. Polar coordinates of a star should change with time due to precession. However, different astronomical texts written over many centuries give same coordinates for most yogataras. This has resulted in Indian astronomers being called incompetent, who did not observe the positions of the stars with accuracy. In this book it is proposed that Indian astronomers were using sidereal ecliptic coordinates, which do not change with time to a significant extent. This understanding has led to the discovery of the original boundaries of nakshatras. Based on these boundaries of nakshatras and the changing position of sun in the background of nakshatras during solstices, the dates of astronomical text Vedanga Jyotisha and astronomer Varahamihira have been reexamined. Based on the zero points of Vedic astronomy, the values of ayanamsha have been calculated.
Download or read book Zero Point of Jain Astronomy written by Raja Ram Mohan Roy and published by . This book was released on 2023-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jain astronomy provides an important link between Vedic astronomy and classical Hindu astronomy. Jain texts such as Jambudvipaprajnapti, Suryaprajnapti, and Chandraprajnapti have detailed information on the apparent motion of sun, moon, planets, and stars. In this book, important features of Jain astronomy have been discussed and compared with Vedic astronomy and classical Hindu astronomy. The principle behind the division of sky in nakshatras has been explained and the span of nakshatras in Jain astronomy has been calculated. Based on the changing position of sun in the background of stars during solstices and equinoxes, the date of the astronomical observations described in Jain texts has been estimated. It is proposed that the zero point of Jain astronomy as well as Malava era coincides with the yogatara of Ashwini, Hamal, being at vernal equinox in 702 BCE.
Download or read book Resolving the Controversies in Astrology and Vedic Astronomy written by Dr Sriharsha Indrasena FRCS and published by Devpura Publications (Private) Limited. This book was released on 2020-07-21 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How astrology works, Rahu-Ketu, tropical zodiac vs sidereal zodiac, Ayanamsha, Vedic calendar, Chaturyuga and Mahayuga, extra and lost months, Saptarshis calendar, Graha Yuddha, Charakaraka, Saka year, Salivahana Saka, Vikram Smvat, Kali year, Yavanapura, dating Varahamihira, Aryabhatta and Kalidasa, King Vikramaditya and the Indian chronology and many more.
Download or read book Zero Point of Jain Astronomy written by Raja Ram Mohan Roy and published by Mount Meru Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-15 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jain astronomy provides an important link between Vedic astronomy and classical Hindu astronomy. Jain texts such as Jambudvipaprajnapti, Suryaprajnapti, and Chandraprajnapti have detailed information on the apparent motion of sun, moon, planets, and stars. In this book, important features of Jain astronomy have been discussed and compared with Vedic astronomy and classical Hindu astronomy. The principle behind the division of sky in nakshatras has been explained and the span of nakshatras in Jain astronomy has been calculated. Based on the changing position of sun in the background of stars during solstices and equinoxes, the date of the astronomical observations described in Jain texts has been estimated. It is proposed that the zero point of Jain astronomy as well as Malava era coincides with the yogatara of Ashwini, Hamal, being at vernal equinox in 702 BCE.
Download or read book Astronomical Application of Vedic Mathematics written by Kenneth Williams and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publishe. This book was released on 2003 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Astronomical Applications of Vedic Mathemetics is a self-contained book which shows Vedic mathematics applications in many areas of Astronomy including Prediction of Eclipses the Solution of Kepler`s Equation (an important equation in astronomy for finding planetary coordinates), Solution of Spherical Triangles, Prediction of Planetary Positions.
Download or read book Vedic Cosmography and Astronomy written by Richard L. Thompson and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mysteries of the fifth Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam have long puzzled students of Vedic cosmography and astronomy. Confronted with a description of the universe that seems much at variance with the information provided by our senses and standard astronomical calculations, foreign observers and even Indian commentators from the middle ages up to the present have concluded that the Bhagavatam`s account elaborated in other Puranas must be mythological. On the other hand the same persons have been much impressed with vedic astronomical treatises the jyotisasastras which provide remarkably accurate measurements of the solar system.
Download or read book The Nakshatras of Vedic Astrology written by Lura Bensley and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-05-06 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book to get a good astronomical foundation for nakshatras and getting the dates of Indian history right Based on the boundaries of nakshatras and the changing position of sun in the background of nakshatras during solstices, the dates of astronomical text Vedanga Jyotisha and astronomer Varahamihira have been reexamined. Based on the zero points of Vedic astronomy, the values of ayanamsha have been calculated.
Download or read book Vedic Physics written by Raja Ram Mohan Roy and published by . This book was released on 2023-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ?igveda is the first book of humankind and the most sacred scripture of Hinduism. It also happens to be the most ill-understood book of our times. Despite the extensive study by academic and religious scholars, the purpose and meaning of the ?igveda and many ancient Hindu scriptures remain unclear. In this pathbreaking book, the discovery of the ?igveda as a book of ancient cosmology is described, and related to the seals of ancient Indus Valley Civilization, thereby challenging our perception of humanity."The Vedas have always been lauded as containing the secrets of cosmogenesis. Raja Roy in his remarkable book shows how this is true not only from the yogic vison but according to the latest insights of modern physics. The book takes the reader on a vast panoramic journey through the universe of matter, mind and human history as well."David Frawley (Vamadeva Shastri), Director, American Institute of Vedic Studies"Roy presents a new framework for the understanding of the Vedic hymns from the point of view of physics and then he draws parallels with recent theories on the nature of the universe. We celebrate the new path he has hewn through the bush of old scholarship."Professor Subhash Kak, Oklahoma State University
Download or read book S rya Siddh nta written by Phanindralal Gangooly and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1989 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The oldest and most important treaitse of the post-Christian period on Indian Astronomy that has come down to us is the Surya Siddhanta consisting 14 chapters written in slokas. Alberuni says that Lata was the author of this work. According to the introductory verses Surya the sun-god revealed it to Asura Maya in the city of Romaka.
Download or read book Resolving the Controversies in Astrology and Vedic Astronomy written by Sriharsha Indrasena Frcs and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-07-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book contains original and philosophical thoughts of the author on many topics in astrology and Vedic astronomy that have been understood wrongly or incompletely or not at all.
Download or read book Hindu Astronomy written by W. Brennand and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Celestial Key to the Vedas written by B. G. Sidharth and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1999-10-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading astronomer proves that India had a thriving civilization capable of sophisticated astronomy long before Greece, Egypt, or any other world culture. • Provides conclusive evidence that the Rig Veda is 12,000 years old. • Establishes actual dates and places for many of the events in the Hindu epics. For more than a century scholars have debated the antiquity of the Vedas and their related literature, the Brahmanas and Puranas. Relying upon a host of assumptions from linguistic theory, anthropology, and archaeology, they have agreed upon 1500 b.c. as the earliest possible date for the Rig Veda, itself the oldest extant example of Indo-European literature. But in this groundbreaking book, astronomer B. G. Sidharth proves conclusively that the earliest portions of the Rig Veda can be dated as far back as 10,000 b.c. By deciphering the astronomical events and alignments contained in mythical and symbolic form in these ancient texts, Sidharth calls into question many if not all of the assumptions governing Indo-European prehistory. He explores such subjects as the astronomical significance of many Hindu deities and myths, the system of lunar asterisms used to mark time, the identity of the Asvins, and the sophisticated calendar of the ancients that harmonized solar and lunar cycles. Sidharth provides incontrovertible evidence that such "advanced" astronomical concepts as precession, heliocentrism, and the eclipse cycle are encoded in these ancient texts, passages of which make perfect sense only if these astronomical keys are known. Based on internal evidence in the Mahabharata and Ramayana, he also becomes the first to establish likely dates--and even places--for the events described in these famous epics. The Celestial Key to the Vedas is sure to astonish anyone concerned with astronomy, India, or the roots of civilization.
Download or read book The Dawn of Astronomy written by J. Norman Lockyer and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2006-04-28 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pioneer in the fields of astrophysics and astro-archeology, J. Norman Lockyer believed that ancient Egyptian monuments were constructed "in strict relation to the stars." In this celebrated study, he explores the relationship between astronomy and architecture in the age of the pharaohs. Lockyer addresses one of the many points already extensively investigated by Egyptologists: the chronology of the kings of Egypt. All experts are in accord regarding the identity of the first monarch, but they cannot agree upon the dates of his reign within a thousand years. The author contends that by applying a knowledge of astronomy to the actual site orientation of the region's pyramids and temples, accurate dating can be achieved. In order to accomplish this, Lockyer had to determine the level of the ancient Egyptian ideas of astronomy. Some of his inferences have been invalidated by subsequent scholarship, but many of his other conclusions stand firm and continue to provide sensational leads into contemporary understanding of archaic astronomy.
Download or read book On Ancient Hindu Astronomy and Chronology written by Friedrich Max MUELLER (Right Hon.) and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Studies in Indian Mathematics and Astronomy written by Aditya Kolachana and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-05-29 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents a collection of some of the seminal articles of Professor K. S. Shukla who made immense contributions to our understanding of the history and development of mathematics and astronomy in India. It consists of six parts: Part I constitutes introductory articles which give an overview of the life and work of Prof. Shukla, including details of his publications, reminiscences from his former students, and an analysis of his monumental contributions. Part II is a collection of important articles penned by Prof. Shukla related to various aspects of Indian mathematics. Part III consists of articles by Bibhutibhusan Datta and Avadhesh Narayan Singh—which together constitute the third unpublished part of their History of Hindu Mathematics—that were revised and updated by Prof. Shukla. Parts IV and V consist of a number of important articles of Prof. Shukla on different aspects of Indian astronomy. Part VI includes some important reviews authored by him and a few reviews of his work. Given the sheer range and depth of Prof. Shukla’s scholarship, this volume is essential reading for scholars seeking to deepen their understanding of the rich and varied contributions made by Indian mathematicians and astronomers.
Download or read book The Vedic Astronomy and Astrology Through Science Wisdom and Commonsense written by Buddhike Indrasena and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-05 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second edition of the originally published 'Vedic astronomy and astrology through science, wisdom and commonsense' by the author in 2014. This is the magnum opus of nearly ten years of my leisure-time research done on astrology and Vedic astronomy since 2011. Many topics of the first edition have been revised and rewritten. A new topic on the date of the Mahabharata war has been added.The book contains original and philosophical thoughts of the author on many topics in astrology and Vedic astronomy that have been understood wrongly and/or incompletely and /or not at all to date. The first chapter deals with how astrology works. This question has been bewildering to the both astrologers and non-astrologers. The author explains this issue in a novel and interesting way through Buddhism and science.In the second chapter issues related to Rahu-Ketu like the true vs. mean nodes, exaltation, debilitation and own signs, aspects etc. have been resolved.The confusion about tropical and sidereal astrology is addressed and sorted out in the third chapter.In the fourth chapter, the sidereal-seasonal year is explained. This term has been coined by the author.The 5th chapter is on the Ayanamsha, Chaturyuga and the beginning of Saka era. The reader will read in the sixth and seventh chapters that the Yuga concept of the Surya Siddhanta and the Aryabhatiya is one and the same, and it is not Kaliyuga at present. These thoughts are completely opposite to the current belief.The meaning of the Ayana Chalana verses of the Surya Siddhanta is explained in the chapter eight. It also describes the Vedic epochs, seasonal lunar/solar months and synodic lunar months. The Rashi based solar months are not Vedic. The extra months (Adhika Masa) and lost months (Kshaya Masa) as well as the ordinary months are not correctly named in the current calendar. This resulted in celebrating the Vesak festival on wrong dates in April month in 2018. The correct method is explained in chapter nine to avoid mishaps in the future.The chapter 10 on the date of the Mahabharata war is newly added. The correct date has been established beyond doubt. This question remained unanswered and guessed so far. The approach of the author to resolve this issue is unique. So far, researchers used the astronomical events to guess the date. The author discovers the date first and uses the discovered date to prove (sometimes inaccuracies of the translation) the astronomical events mentioned in the epic Mahabharata. The date of birth and the horoscope of Sri Krishna are also included in chapter 10. In the eleventh chapter, the theories behind the Saptarishis calendar and its uses in the past have been explained.The chapters 12 and 13, deal with purely astrological topics that have been incompletely understood so far (Graha Yuddha and Charakaraka system). The logical rules to find the winner of a planetary fight are explained in chapter 12. Why Matrukaraka and Pitrukaraka should be combined rather than the Matrukaraka and Putrakaraka is explained in chapter 13. One of the most interesting topics in the book is the one in chapter 14 dealing with the archaeological dates of the Gautama the Buddha. A novel (may be unscientific to many) approach has been taken to resolve the correct date. There are many curious things to read and think in this text for both the ordinary and expert readers in the subjects of astrology, astronomy and archaeoastronomy. Hope this text would pave a new path to the way how people look, think and act.
Download or read book A Historical View of the Hindu Astronomy from the Earliest Dawn of that Science in India to the Present Time written by John Bentley and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
