[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970) › v1.c7.184 # Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A v1.c7.184 Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A v1.c7.184 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c7.184](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v1.c7.184) ANDUBARIUS The Chronicon Paschale, a Byzantine chronicle of the early seventh century (ed. L. Dindorff, 2 vols., Bonn 1832), recounts the following legend (of Arphaxad, a wise astronomer named Andubarius, who first wrote astronomy for the Indians.” The complete lack of a historical basis for this story is proved—if proof is necessary—by the fact that the nu in Andubarius must be a misreading of a miniscule beta: the name is Semitic, corresponding to the Arabic ‘Abd al-Bārī’ (“the slave of the Creator”). - [Previous: v1.c7.183](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v1.c7.183) - [Next: v1.c7.185](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v1.c7.185) - [Up: v1.c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v1.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v1.c7.184](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v1.c7.184) · Pramāṇa