The Karaṇakesarī of Bhāskara: a 17th-century Table Text for Computing Eclipses

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  • Clemency Montelle University of Canterbury, Christchurch NZ
  • Kim Plofker Union College, Schenectady

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https://doi.org/10.18732/H2CC7F

Abstract

Critical edition, translation and commentary for the verse instructions accompanying a late seventeenth-century set of eclipse tables in Sanskrit by Bhāskara of Saudāmikā (fl. 1681).

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2014-06-07

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Montelle, Clemency, and Kim Plofker. 2014. “The Karaṇakesarī of Bhāskara: A 17th-Century Table Text for Computing Eclipses”. History of Science in South Asia 2 (1). Edmonton, Canada:1-62. https://doi.org/10.18732/H2CC7F.

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Vol. 2 (2014)

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