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The Legends of Vasiṣṭha – A Note on the Vedāṅga Astronomy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Yukio Ôhashi
Yukio Ôhashi*
Affiliation:
3-5-26, Hiroo, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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In this paper, I would like to discuss some topics about the Vedāṅga astronomy, which is a kind of ancient Indian astronomy.

The Vedāṅga (limb of the Veda) is a class of works regarded as auxiliary to the Veda. It consists of six divisions, one of which is astronomy (jyotiŢa).

Type
II. Joint Discussions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 11 , Issue 2: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XXIIIrd General Assembly of the IAU (Part B), 1997 , 1998 , pp. 719 - 721
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1998

References

For the Vedāṅga astronomy in detail, see Õhashi, Yukio: “Development of Astronomical Observation in Vedic and Post-Vedic India”, Indian Journal of History of Science, Vol. 28, No.3, (1993), pp.185–251 Google Scholar