A Concise History of Science in India c18.8

c18.8

*Cakra*, circle, astronomical instrument, 125 Cakrapāṇidatta, 53, 55, 223, 226, 227, 230, 231, 233, 247, 253, 262, 263, 388, 587 *Cakrasaṃgraha*, 53, 55, 227, 231, 233, 587 *Cakravāla* or cyclic method of solving second degree indeterminate equation, 194–95, 585 Calculus, 169, 203–4 Calendar, luni-solar, 72 Vedic, 75–76 Calendrical science, 16 Camel, 405, 419 Caṇḍeśvara, 92 *Candracchāyāgaṇita*, 99 *Candramāna*, 99 Candrānanda, 227, 587 *Candraprajñapti*, 42, 43, 50, 158 *Canon* (*Qānūn*) of Avicenna, 269, 596 *Cāpa*, astronomical instrument, 125 *Cara*, *caradala*, ascensional difference, 107–9 Caraka, *Caraka Saṃhitā*, 29, 30, 31, 48, 52, 53, 213, 221, 222, 226, 228, 234, 247, 251, 252, 253, 256, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 269, 290, 305, 315, 386, 388, 389, 435, 578, 580 *Carayantya-kaṭha-saṃhitā*, 17 Cardamom, 367, 391, 599 Cardano, 207, 212 Carey, William, 402, 500, 515–16, 518