Open AccessEclipse computation tables in Sanskrit astronomy A critical edition of the tables of the Karaṇakesarī of Bhāskara (fl. c. 1681)
Author(s) -
Anuj Misra,
Clemency Montelle,
Kim Plofker
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
history of science in south asia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2369-775X
DOI - 10.18732/h26p4v
Subject(s) - eclipse , sanskrit , computation , table (database) , critical edition , astronomy , history , computer science , physics , classics , art , literature , algorithm , database
We present here a critical edition of the numerical tables of the Karaṇakesarī, an eclipse-computation table-text authored by Bhāskara in the laer half of the 17th century, and known to us from three manuscripts.