03623nam 22005895 450 991031536010332120200630135509.03-319-97037-210.1007/978-3-319-97037-0(CKB)4100000007761907(MiAaPQ)EBC5725948(DE-He213)978-3-319-97037-0(PPN)235232165(EXLCZ)99410000000776190720190307d2018 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSanskrit Astronomical Tables[electronic resource] /by Clemency Montelle, Kim Plofker1st ed. 2018.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2018.1 online resource (311 pages)Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences,2196-88103-319-97036-4 1. Introduction -- 2. Content and Classification of Table Texts -- 3. Table-Text Manuscripts -- 4. Elements of Table Texts -- 5. The Evolution of the Table-Text Genre -- 6. Further Explorations -- Appendices.This groundbreaking volume provides an up-to-date, accessible guide to Sanskrit astronomical tables and their analysis. It begins with an overview of Indian mathematical astronomy and its literature, including table texts, in the context of history of pre-modern astronomy. It then discusses the primary mathematical astronomy content of table texts and the attempted taxonomy of this genre before diving into the broad outlines of their representation in the Sanskrit scientific manuscript corpus. Finally, the authors survey the major categories of individual tables compiled in these texts, complete with brief analyses of some of the methods for constructing and using them, and then chronicle the evolution of the table-text genre and the impacts of its changing role on the discipline of Sanskrit jyotiṣa. There are also three appendices: one inventories all the identified individual works in the genre currently known to the authors; one provides reference information about the details of all the notational, calendric, astronomical, and other classification systems invoked in the study; and one serves as a glossary of the relevant Sanskrit terms.Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences,2196-8810MathematicsHistoryObservations, AstronomicalAstronomy—ObservationsAsia—HistoryHistory of Mathematical Scienceshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/M23009Astronomy, Observations and Techniqueshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P22014History of South Asiahttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/715040Mathematics.History.Observations, Astronomical.Astronomy—Observations.Asia—History.History of Mathematical Sciences.Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.History of South Asia.016.52095483Montelle Clemencyauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut767891Plofker Kimauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autBOOK9910315360103321Sanskrit Astronomical Tables2222642UNINA