Āpa and Apāṃvatsa – enigmatic stars catalogued in Sūryasiddhānta

Shylaja, B. S.; PAI, VENKETESWARA R.

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dc.contributor.author	Shylaja, B. S.	en_US
dc.contributor.author	PAI, VENKETESWARA R.	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2019-12-24T12:19:30Z
dc.date.available	2019-12-24T12:19:30Z
dc.date.issued	2019-12	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, 40(6).	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0250-6335	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0973-7758	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://dr.iiserpune.ac.in:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/4282
dc.identifier.uri	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12036-019-9614-1	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Indian siddhāntic texts are well known for their indigenous approach to solutions of problems in astronomy which also speaks of their expertise in mathematics. The text Sūryasiddhānta is considered as an authority and we come across a number of texts as commentaries on this text. They range from 8th Century CE to 19th century CE. The study of the stars that have been listed in the text appears relatively easy for the 27 stars of the zodiac. However, there are other stars for which optical identifications are not easy. Here we present possible identifications for two stars called Āpa and Apāṃvatsa, in the constellation of Virgo. We use the NASA Skyview Survey and other catalogues to see if these two correspond to variable stars.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Indian Academy of Sciences	en_US
dc.subject	Star names in Suryasiddhanta	en_US
dc.subject	variable stars	en_US
dc.subject	Apa Apamvatsa	en_US
dc.subject	TOC-DEC-2019	en_US
dc.subject	2019	en_US
dc.title	Āpa and Apāṃvatsa – enigmatic stars catalogued in Sūryasiddhānta	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences	en_US
dc.identifier.sourcetitle	Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy	en_US
dc.publication.originofpublisher	Indian	en_US