Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c4.31

Jyotiḥśāstra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c4.31

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c4.31

The other main topics dealt with in these texts, in so far as we know them, were the computations of lunar (PS 6: Pauliśasiddhānta) and solar (PS 7: Pauliśasiddhānta; and 8: Romakasiddhānta) eclipses. Both seem to reflect Hellenistic astronomy as it was influenced by Mesopotamia, though no extant Greek texts can be pointed to as sources. It is likely that the formulas for solving problems in spherical trigonometry and the analemmata that lie behind them in PS 4 also were originally transmitted to India from the Roman Empire.

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Pauliśasiddhānta — Sanskrit
Romakasiddhānta — Sanskrit