The Astronomical Observatories of Jai Singh c25: Index

The Astronomical Observatories of Jai Singh c25

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‘Abdal-Raḥmān b. ‘Omar, Abū’l-Ḥusain al-Ṣūfī (d. A. D. 1986) 5, 10, 88. Aberkas=Hipparchus 3. Abdul ‘Alī b. Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan Niẓām al-Dīn al-Barjendī (c. A.D. 1524 b.) 40. Abjad notation 15, 97, 133. Abul Ḥasan. See al-Ḥasan b. ‘Alī b. ‘Omar al-Marrākoshī, Abū ‘Alī. Abu’l Wafā. See Muḥammad b. M. b. Jaḥyā Abu’l-Wefā’. Agra-yantra 47, 57. ahargaṇa 75. Āīn-i-akbarī 11, 45, 77, 128. Albīrūnī. See Muḥammad b. Aḥmad Abu’l Rīḥān. Albategnius. See Muḥammad b. Jābir b. Sinān al-Battānī. ‘Alī b. ‘Abdal-Raḥmān Abū’l Ḥasan ibn Jūnis (A.D. 959 d.) 87. ‘Alī b. Muḥammad al-Sayyid al-Sharīf al-Gurgānī (A.D. 1340-1414) 4, 77. Alfonsine tables 14. Alhidade 18, 26. Almagest 2, 23, 69, 81. Almucantarats 18, 19. Akbarnāma 11. Anaphorai 119. Angular calculations: not used by the Hindus 87. ‘ankabūt, ‘spider’: the ecliptic tablet of an astrolabe 18 seq. 20, 21. Aperture dial. See shashṭāṃśa yantra. Apollinaris 122. Arabic astronomy 80-83. Aranea. See ‘ankabūt. Armillary sphere 79-80, 82. Āryabhaṭa (A.D. 476 b.) 74, 76, 81, 143. Arya-paksha 76. Ārya-siddhānta 76. Arzachel. See Ibrāhīm b. Jaḥyā al-Naqqāṣ. Ascendant 37, 120. Ascensional differences 23. Asterisms. See Nakshatras and manzil. Astrolabe : 16 seq., 82-83, 87; cylindrical 37; linear 83; perfected by Muslims 17, 82; used by Jai Singh 12, 16, 86; works on 3, 142; Zarqālī 27 seq. Astrolabes: at British Museum 24; European 17; Hindu 16, 31-33; at Jaipur 16 seq.; at Kapūrthala 16. Astrolabium planisphaerum 17, 82. Astrological tables: 21, 23, 119 seq.; anaphorai 119; duodenaries 125, 126; faces 29, 123, 126; novenaries 124, 126; planetary domiciles 123, 125; septenaries 124, 126; terms 122, 125; trigons 23, 121-122, 125. Astrology 120. Avanti=Ujjain q. v. Azimuth instruments 19, 37-39, 43-44, 53, 57, 62-63.

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Bailly J. S. (1736-1793) 70, 144. Baily F. 97, 116, 145. al-Barjendī See Abdul ‘Alī b. Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan. Barker, Sir R. account of Benares observatory 64, 140, 142. al-Battānī. See Muḥammad b. Jābir b. Sinān. Benares observatory 13, 61-66. Bentley J. 71, 144. Berlin observatory (1705) 14. Berosus: dial of 86. Berry A. 84, 145. Bhāskara (fl. A. D. 476) 76, 78, 80, 143. Bouché-Leclercq A. 74, 120, 121, 143. Boudier, Father C. 5, 6, 14, 51, 88. Bradley (A.D. 1693-1762) 140. Brahe. See Tycho Brahe. Brahmagupta (A.D. 598 b.) 76, 81, 143 Brahma-paksha 76. Brahma-sphuṭa-siddhānta 143. Braunmühl A. v. 145. Brihajjātaka 121, 122, 126, 145 Burgess J. 142, 144. Burrow R. 31.

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Campanus 120. Carr-Stephen 48. Cassini G. D. (A.D. 1625-1712) 14, 84. Chakra-yantra 32, 63. Chandradhar Guleri 2, 55, 141. Chaucer's Treatise on the Astrolabe (A.D. 1391) 17, 18, 31, 143. Chaubil, Father 6. Chinese instruments 70. Chords : tables of 73. Chronology : astronomical 71; Jai Singh's 13, 14, 139. Clepsydra 77-78. Climates 24, 132. Colebrooke H. T. 71, 144. Conjunction, general 74, 75. Copernicus (A.D. 1473-1543) 1, 83, 90. Copley, Mrs. 34. Cross wires used for telescopes 83. Cumm and Commandine 5. Cycle : five-year 71, 72; Metonic 73; of 4,320,000 years 75.

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Dakshino-vritti-yantra 3, 35, 39, 45, 53, 56-57, 61. Daniells, the : their drawings of Delhi observatory 42, 47. D'Anville 5, 6, 142. Day, longest 19, 20, 72, 132. Decans 123, 126. Declination graphs 22. Delambre (1806) 8, 22, 80, 87, 120, 125, 145. Delhi observatory 3, 6, 13, 41-50. Delhi Archæological Society 48. Demophilus 123. De Morgan 90. Dials 87. See Samrāt yantra and nari valaya yantras. Digamśa yantra 3, 85, 38-39, 53, 57, 62-63. Dikshit B. D. 71, 144. Dhruva-brahma-yantra 33, 34. Domiciles, planetary 123-124, 126. Dorothea of Sidon 24, 122. Dreyer J. L. E. 33, 82, 83, 84, 145. Duodenaries 125-126.

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Eggeling J. 144. Epicycles 73, 74, 75, 76. Equant 74. Equation of the centre 74, 75-76. Equal hours 19, 87. Equal hour dial 36, 87. Equinoctial dials 36, 87. Equinoctial shadow 32, 59. Eratosthenes (276-195 B.C.) 24. Errors in instruments 13, 14; in European tables II. Euclid (fl. 300 B.C.) 2, 5, 88. Eudoxus (c. 409-356 B.C.) 24. European astronomy : 83-85; its influence on Jai Singh 2, 89-90. European instruments 83-84. European works used by Jai Singh 2 seq. Evans L. 143.

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Faces 29, 123, 126. Fanshawe H. C. 48. Faras or 'borse' 18, 31, 63, 87. Figueredo, Father 5, 88. Firmicus (fl. A. D. 354) 120, 121. Flamsteed J. (A.D. 1646-1720) 2, 4, 83, 117, 118, 145. Fleet J. F. 71, 77, 143, 144. Focard J. 25, 26, 143. Forbes G. 84, 145. 'Fortunate Islands' 25, 28, 130.

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Galilei (A.D. 1564-1642) 83, 90. Gazulus 121. Geminus 122. Geocentric theory 31. Geographical elements 25-26, 29, 128-131. Gerbert Sylvester II 17. Garrett A. fl. 2, 5, 15, 33, 46, 54, 55, 69, 143. Gnomonics 73, 78-79, 87. Gola-yantra 3. Gower 17. Graphs 21, 22. Greaves J. Greek astronomy 73 seq. Greek technical terms 73, 74. Greenwich observatory 14, 140. Guerin J. M. F. 145. al-Gurgāni. See 'Alī b. Muḥammad al-Sayyid al-Sharīf.

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Halley (A.D. 1656-1742) 83. Ḥāmid b. al-Khiẓr, Abū Maḥmūd, al-Khojendi (A.D. 1000 d.) 82. Hadley's quadrant 83. al-Ḥasan b. 'Alī b. 'Omar al-Marrākoshī, Abū 'Alī (fl. A.D. 1262) 8, 28, 87. Heliacal risings and settings 74. Hendley, Col. T. H. 56, 142. Heraclitus 74. Hevelius (A.D. 1611-1687) 4, 14, 83. Hindu astronomy 79-80. Hindu astronomical instruments 31 seq., 77-80. Hindu influence on Jai Singh's work 88. Hindu star lists 4, 77, 116, 117. Hermes Trismegistus 123.

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Hipparchus (c. 130 B.C.) 3, 13, 88. Hire P. de la. See La Hire. Historia Coelestis Britannica 2, 4, 145. Hoisington H. R. 144. Horoscope 119. Hours 19, 87, 121. Houses, astrological 19, 121. Huggins, Lady 142. Hunter W. 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 47, 57, 67, 142. Huygens (A.D. 1629-1695) 83. Hypsicles 120.

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Ibn Jūnis. See ‘alī b. Abdal-Raḥmān abū’l Ḥasan b. Jūnis. Ibrāhīm b. Yaḥyā al-Naqqās al-Zarqālī (A.D. 1029-1087) 27. Iftikhār Khān 27. ’Ilkhānic Tables 5, 11. India Office astrolabes 20, 31. inḥirāf 25. Instruments: errors in 13, 14; European 83-84; evolution of Jai Singh’s 40, 86-87; Flamsteed’s 14; Hindu 31 seq., 77 seq.; Jai Singh’s 12 seq.; masonry 35 seq.; metal 16 seq.; Muslim 12, 81-82; size of 13, 14, 17, 82, 86.

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Jacobi H. 71, 143. Jagannāth 2, 3, 39, 88. Jaggat Singh of Jaipur 2. Jai-prakāś 3, 13, 35, 37, 52, 86, 120. Jaipur city 1, 6, 53, 140. observatory 13, 51-55. Jai Singh (A.D. 1686-1743) 1 seq., 88-90. Jamshid b. Mas‘ūd Gijāt al-Dīn al-Kāshī (A.D. 1437 b.) 5, 11, 81, 88. Jats sack Delhi 47, 48, 140. jihat 25. Jesuit records 5. Jones, Sir W. 69, 70, 144. Jyotisha Vedānga 70, 72, 77, 143.

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Kala Sankalita 144. Kapāla 5, 35, 37, 119. Kapurthala: instruments at 16. Karka-rāśi-valaya 45. Khāqānī tables 5, 11. al-Kāshī See Jamshid b. Mas‘ūd. Keith B. 143. kendra 75. Kepler J. (A.D. 1571-1630) 14, 90. Kern H. 143. al-Kindī. See Ya‘qūb b. Isḥāq al-Kindī. al-Khojendi. See Ḥāmid b. al-Khizr, Abū Maḥmūd. Knobel E. B. 28, 116, 134, 145. Kotah: instruments at 16, 34. Krānti-vritti-yantra 32. Krittikā 71.

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Label or ruler 26. lagna 73. La Hire P. de 2, 4, 14, 88. Lala Chhote Lal 143. Lankā: longitude zero 59, 60. Laplace (A.D. 1749-1827) 70. Latitudes: on astrolabes 25, 128-129; and climates 24, 132; and longest days 20, 132; of observatories 129-130. Leiden observatory (1632) 14. Le Strange G. 25. Lettres édifiantes, etc. 5, 6, 14, 142. Libration 74. Limits. See Terms. Logarithms 5. Longest days 19, 20, 72, 132. Longitudes: on astrolabes 25, 128-129; reckoned from Fortunate Isles 25, 128; from Lankā 59, 60; from Ujjain 58 seq. Lords of trigons, etc. See Regents. Lunar mansions. See manzils and nakshatras.

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Magini J. A. (1556-1617) 121. Mahendra Sūri (fl. A.D. 1370) 3, 14, 116. al-Majistī. See Almagest. Manilius 24, 119, 121. Mānmandira at Benares 61. Mān Singh of Amber 61, 67. Mansions of the Moon. See Manzils and nakshatras. Manuel, Padre 5, 14, 89. Manzils 29, 125, 136. Marshall, Sir J. i, 60. Marāgha observatory 5, 45, 81-82. masafat 25. Mā-shā-allāh (A.D. 815 b.) 18. Mathurā observatory 2, 13, 67-68. Maulānā Chānd 11, 88. Measures of length and time 137. Mecca: direction of 25. Meru 72. Metal instruments 12-13, 16 seq. Micrometer: invention of 83. Miśra-yantra 35, 45. Months: intercalary 75. Moon, distance of 74. Morley W. H. 26, 31, 133, 142, 143.

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Muḥammad— b. Aḥmad Abū’ Riḥān al-Bīrūnī (A.D. 973-1048) 13, 37, 59, 71, 73. b. Jābir b. Sinān al-Battānī (A.D. 929 d.) 12, 18, 23, 24, 81, 121, 128, 132. Mahdī 5, 88. Moqīm, astrolabe maker 24. b. Muḥammad b. Jaḥjāḥ Abu’l Wefā (A.D. 940-998) 82. Shāh 8, 11. Sharīf 5, 88. Mulā Chānd. See Maulānā Chānd. Mural quadrants 39, 45, 53, 56-57, 61.

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Nakshatras 72, 73, 117. Nallino C. A. 12, 18, 27, 81, 132, 134, 145. Napier, Don Juan = J. Napier 5. Nari-valaya-yantra 35, 39, 53, 57, 62. Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (Muḥammad b. M. b. al-Ḥasan, Abū Ja‘far, A.D. 1201-1273) 4, 11, 86, 88. Newton, Sir Isaac (A.D. 1643-1727) 1, 83, 90. Niyat-yantra 45. Novenaries 124, 125. Numerical notations 134.

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Obliquity of ecliptic 3, 74, 80, 136. Observation: neglected by later Greeks and Hindus 85. ‘Omar b. Ibrāhīm al-Khaijāmī (A. D. 1049-1124) 81. Olough Beg. See Ulugh Beg. von Orlich 48. ὄψινη = Ujjain 58.

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Pailhade M. 29, 141. Pañchasiddhāntikā 70, 73-74, 77. Paris Observatory (1667) 14. Parkes, Fanny 57. Paulus Alexandrinus (fl. A.D. 378) 24, 120, 122, 123. Paulīśa Siddhānta 73. Peters C. H. E. 116, 134, 145. Picard J. (A.D. 1620-1682) 83. Petosiris 121, 123. Planetary hours 19; houses 123, 126. Planets: elements of 74; names of 135; order 124; not mentioned in Vedic literature 72. Playfair J. 70. Polar latitude and longitude 8. Precession of the equinoxes 8, 74, 137. Prinsep J. 61, 64, 139. Ptolemy, Claudius (fl. A.D. 140) 2, 11, 13, 24, 74, 116, 122, 123, 128.

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Quadrants: mural 39, 45, 53, 56-57, 61; of sines 22, 29-30, 34.

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Rām yantra 13, 35, 37-38, 43-44, 53, 82. Rāśi-valaya-yantra 35, 52, 56. Regents 122. Rekhagaṇita 5. Refraction 4. Regiomontanus (A.D. 1436-1476) 33, 121. Reinhold (A.D. 1511-1553) 14. Rennell 141. Restorations 48-50, 51-55, 58, 65 66. Rete. See ‘ankabūt. Rieu 10. Romaka Siddhānta 70, 73. Rudolphine tables 14.

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Sacrobosco (circa A.D. 1236) 22. ṣafīḥa = tablet q. v. Sayyid Aḥmad Khān 48, 142. St. Petersburg observatory (1725) 14. Samarqand observatory 3, 12. Samrāṭ-yantra or 3, 13, 35, 36-37, 41-43, 52, 56, 61-62, 86-87. Samrāṭ-siddhānta: a translation of the Almagest 2. Sphaea Arzachelis. See Zarqālī astrolabe. Saura-paksha 76. Sauvaire M. 29, 142. Sédillot J. J. 143. Sédillot L. A. 25, 27, 37, 86, 144. Sédillot L. P. E. A. 11, 13, 26, 82, 135, 144. Septenaries 124, 126. Sextant 39, 82. Sewell R. 76, 144. Shadow scales 22, 29. Shaṣṭhāṁśa yantra 3, 12, 35, 39, 52, 82. Siddhānta Śiromaṇi. Signs: Arabic and Hindu names 134; rising 23, 73, 120, 121. Sines quadrant of 21, 22, 29-30, 34; tables of 73. ‘Spider’. See ‘ankabūt. Star lists: on astrolabes 21, 33; Flamsteed’s 4, 117, 118; Jai Singh’s 8 seq., 95-115; Mahendra Suri’s 4, 116; Ptolemy’s 4, 116; Sūrya Siddhānta 77, 117; Ulugh Beg’s 3, 8, 95-115; al-Zarqālī’s 27-28, 118. Stofler 19. Strobel, André 7, 88. Sudhākara Dvivedī 88, 144. al-Ṣūfī. See ‘Abd al-Raḥmān b. ‘Omar. Sūrya Prajñapti 70, 72-73. Sūrya Siddhānta 23, 70, 73-74, 77, 78, 121. Suter H. 10, 11, 27, 59, 145. Sylva, Don Pedro de 7, 88.

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Tablets 18 seq., 31. Tabulae Astronomica of La Hire 2, 4, 14. Tangents 36, 87. Telescope: aerial 6: first used 83.

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Telescopic sights 83. Temporal hours 19, 22, 31. Terms 121, 125. Thibaut 9, 71, 72, 143, 144. Thorn W. 46. Thrasyllus 123. Tieffenthaler: 7, 142; on Jaipur observatory 53-54; on Mathurā observatory 67; on Ujjain observatory 58. Tilak B. G. 71, 143. Time: equation of 131; measures of 137. Tod Col. 1, 47, 142. Tomkins H. G. 142. Torquetum 33. Trigonometrical Survey 42, 130. Trigons 23, 120-121, 124. Triplicities. *See* Trigons. Triquetrum 12, 82. Tycho Brahe (A.D. 1546-1601) 4, 14, 33, 83, 145.

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Ujjain: 2; the Greenwich of India 58-60; map of [*at end of volume*]; observatory 2, 13, 56-60. Ulugh Beg (A.D. 1394-1449) 3; 12, 26, 82, 86, 88, 89, 128, 144. Unnatāṃśa-yantra 32. Upsala observatory (1730) 14. Uraniborg (Tycho Brahe's observatory 1576) 14.