Bhāskarācārya's Siddhāntaśiromaṇi – Grahagaṇita with the Vāsanābhāṣya: Translation with Explanatory Notes Volume 1: Madhyama, Spaṣṭa, Tripraśna
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Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum
30.08.2026
Abbildungen
LVIII, 503 p. 102 illus.
Verlag
Springer SingaporeSeitenzahl
503
Maße (L/B)
23,5/15,5 cm
Auflage
1. Auflage
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-981-9592-94-4
The Siddhāntaśiromaṇi was composed in 1150 CE by the celebrated mathematician–astronomer Bhāskarācārya. In the Grahagaṇitādhyāya 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 Vāsanābhāṣya or Mitākṣarā . 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 Vāsanābhāṣya 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 vāsanā is indispensable for understanding the methodology of, in particular, and thereby, of Indian astronomers in general. The distinct scientific method of Bhāskara (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 Vāsanābhāṣya has been translated into English for all the verses, for the first time. Explanatory notes based on the vāsanā of Bhāskara have been provided for all the verses in modern notation, with a large number of diagrams to facilitate the understanding. The first volume of the book comprises the three chapters on Madhayama (Mean longitudes), Spaṣṭa (True longitudes) and Tripraśna (the three problems) with about 300 verses.
Scholars working in the area of history of Indian astronomy and mathematics will find the present work on this major text of Bhāskarācārya with his auto-commentary, very valuable . In fact, anyone with an undergraduate-level knowledge of mathematics and serious interest in Indian astronomy will find this work very useful for understanding the subject, as it is reasonably self-contained.
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