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A Bibliography of Sanskrit Works on Astronomy and Mathematics, Part I: Manuscripts, Texts, Translations and Studies c8.2270

A Bibliography of Sanskrit Works on Astronomy and Mathematics, Part I: Manuscripts, Texts, Translations and Studies c8.2270

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c8.2270

An astronomical work describing the Hindu and Mohammedan methods of computing the months, years, the rising and the setting of the sun and the moon, the lunar asterisms, planetary aspects, eclipses etc. with a vocabulary of Persian and Arabic terms used in astronomy, astrology, chronology, celestial geography and arithmetic, classified under several heads with their Sanskrit synonyms, written in the reign of Shah Jahan (1627-1658 A.D.).