History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c99.1802

v7.c99.1802

Ptolemy (vide under horoscope); author of Syntaxis (or Almagest) and of Tetrabiblos, 471, 551, 568, 573n, difference between P. and Bṛhajjātaka on classification, colours and other matters about Rāśis 568; divided the day into sixty parts in the Almagest and also in hours in his manual tables 682; has no word which corresponds exactly with Kulīra 563; his Almagest was astronomical Bible in Europe for about 1400 years 482, 512; his arguments in favour of Astrology 553-4;