History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c99.162

v7.c99.162

Astronomy (see 'Astrology', Greeks, 'Siddhāntas'), both a. and astrology are equally ancient and acted and reacted on each other 483 Cambridge Ancient History holds that whole science of a. is due to astrology, while Prof. Neugebauer and Mr. Doig hold that there is no evidence for this 483; discussion of Greek influence on Indian a. is of little interest, since most of the Greek material was well-known in Mesopotamia in the middle of the 2nd Millenium B C, 518n, extensive Sanskrit Literature on Hindu A. perished 521, 531; in China, assumptions of antiquity of astronomy, should not be accepted at face value 509, Indian A. held by Dixit to be independent and based on Indian observations 484; Indian A cannot be said to have been directly based on Ptolemy owing to serious discrepancies in essential matters and no direct evidence of being based on Hipparchus or other Greek writers 520-21, knowledge of, in Homer's and Hesiod's works not better than that of Vedic Indians 513, Sanskrit literature on a. and astrology falls into three slightly overlapping periods 484, study of constellations by monks was allowed by Buddha, though foretelling the future was condemned by him 527; works on Hindu A recommended for reading 484-85