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Observational records of stars in Indian astronomical texts - IV (Cancer and Leo)

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dc.contributor.author Shylaja, B. S. en_US
dc.contributor.author PAI, VENKETESWARA R. en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2019-11-29T12:01:06Z
dc.date.available 2019-11-29T12:01:06Z
dc.date.issued 2019-11 en_US
dc.identifier.citation Current Science, 117(10), 1744-47. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0011-3891 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://dr.iiserpune.ac.in:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/4210
dc.identifier.uri https://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/117/10/1744.pdf en_US
dc.description.abstract In an effort to search observational records of stars in Indian Astronomical texts, we have compiled all bright stars in various texts from Sūryasiddhānta to Siddhāntadarpaṇa by Candraśekhara Sāmanta of the 19th century. We have used the well-known 27 nakṣatras on the ecliptic for fixing the coordinates. This has resulted in unambiguous identification of faint stars. A scale similar to the magnitude scale of brightness in one of the texts has further helped in identifying the faint stars. Here we discuss the stars grouped under Cancer and Leo. It is interesting that Puṣya is described as one with the appearance of a cloud. Two names hitherto unknown and a mention of the pole of the ecliptic are also reported. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Indian Academy of Sciences en_US
dc.subject Humanities and Social Science en_US
dc.subject Indian astronomical texts en_US
dc.subject Cancer en_US
dc.subject Leo en_US
dc.subject TOC-NOV-2019 en_US
dc.subject 2019 en_US
dc.title Observational records of stars in Indian astronomical texts - IV (Cancer and Leo) en_US
dc.type Article en_US
dc.contributor.department Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences en_US
dc.identifier.sourcetitle Current Science en_US
dc.publication.originofpublisher Indian en_US


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