The Sanskrit Astronomical Table Text Brahmatulyasra Numerical tables in textual scholarship (Time, Astronomy, and Calendars)

"The 17th-century Brahmatulyasāraṇīis a rich repository of information about Indian mathematical astronomy and its genres of scientific writing in Sanskrit. This painstaking critical edition, translation, and technical analysis of the work includes detailed technical background about its content and relation to the seminal 12th-century astronomical handbook Karaṇakutūhala. This book explores important contextual information about the role and study of numerical tables in pre-modern astronomy, as well as the many challenges arising from critically editing numerical data in the Indian astral sciences"--ISBN : 9789004431416 ‎Contents ‎Chapter 1. Introduction ‎1.1. Critical Editing and Numerical Tables ‎1.2. Textual Scholarship Applied to Table Texts: The State of the Field ‎1.2.1. Akkadian ‎1.2.2. Greek ‎1.2.3. Chinese ‎1.2.4. Arabic/Persian ‎1.2.5. Latin ‎1.2.6. Sanskrit ‎1.3. Critical Editing and the Sanskrit Text Corpus ‎Chapter 2. Overview of the Brahmatulyasāraṇī and Its Manuscripts ‎2.1. The Brahmatulyasāraṇī: Background and Approach ‎2.2. Manuscript Witnesses to the Brahmatulyasāraṇī ‎2.3. Colophon and Post-colophon Material from the Manuscripts ‎Chapter 3. Technical Analysis of the Brahmatulyasāraṇī ‎3.1. Overview of the Brahmatulyasāraṇī and Its Tables ‎3.2. Accumulated Civil Days (ahargaṇa) since Epoch; Mean Longitudes ‎3.2.1. Computation of the ahargaṇa or Time since Epoch ‎3.2.2. Planetary Epoch Mean Longitudes and Mean Longitude Increments since Epoch ‎3.3. Local and Secular Adjustments to Mean Longitudes ‎3.3.1. The Longitudinal-Difference Correction or deśāntara ‎3.3.2. The Annual Correction or abdabīja ‎3.3.4. The deśāntara and rāmabīja Corrections and Apogee Longitudes in MS Kh ‎3.4. Computation and Application of the manda-Equation to Mean Longitude and Velocity for the Seven Planets ‎3.5. Computation and Application of the śīghra-Equation for the Five Planets; Completion of True Longitude and Velocity Corrections ‎3.5.1. The śīghra-Correction to manda-Corrected Longitude; Iteration of Corrections ‎3.5.2. Using the śīghra-Equation Tables to Correct Planetary Velocity; Iteration of Corrections ‎3.5.3. Using the śīghra-Anomaly of Mars to Correct Its manda-Apogee ‎3.6. Corrections due to the Sun’s Position ‎3.6.1. Rising-Difference or udayāntara Corrections for the Sun and Moon ‎3.6.2. Solar Declination ‎Chapter 4. Variation in Manuscripts of Brahmatulyasāraṇī Tables ‎4.1. Tables and Their Organisation ‎4.1.1. Elements of the Table Set ‎4.1.2. Ordering of the Table Set ‎4.1.3. Inclusion in the Table Set of Tables from Other Works ‎4.1.4. Combining Individual Tables ‎4.1.5. Incomplete Tables ‎4.1.6. Inclusion or Omission of Secondary Tabulated Functions ‎4.1.7. Additional or Omitted Table Entries ‎4.1.8. Modified Epoch Offsets ‎4.1.9. Numerical Values of Table Entries ‎4.1.10. Precision of Table Entries ‎4.2. Paratext ‎4.2.1. Table Headings/Titles ‎4.2.2. Row Headers ‎4.2.3. Column Headers ‎4.2.4. Table Colophons ‎4.2.5. Abbreviations/Morphology ‎4.2.6. Notes and Annotations ‎4.2.7. Foliation and Running Titles ‎4.2.8. Language ‎4.3. Layout ‎4.3.1. Page Orientation ‎4.3.2. Breaking and Wrapping Long Tables ‎4.3.3. Combining Tables in the Same Table Grid ‎4.3.4. Construction of Table Grids ‎4.3.5. Decorative Elements ‎4.4. Representation of Numerical Data ‎4.4.1. Null Values ‎4.4.2. Leading Zeros ‎4.4.3. Algebraic Sign Markers ‎4.4.4. Omitting Repeated Digits ‎4.4.5. Numeral Forms ‎Chapter 5. Framework and Features of the Critical Edition ‎5.1. Typographic Conventions ‎5.2. Editing Problems and Editorial Choices for the Tables ‎5.2.1. Location Identification within a Table ‎5.2.2. Separate and Combined Versions of a Table ‎5.2.3. Other Editorial Conventions ‎5.3. Intrinsic Structure of the Edited Tables ‎Chapter 6. Critical Edition of Versified Text and Tables ‎6.1. Critical Edition of the Verses ‎6.2. Critical Edition of the Tables ‎Appendix: Sanskrit Astronomy and the Karaṇakutūhala ‎References ‎Index of Names and Subjects "The 17th-century Brahmatulyasāraṇīis a rich repository of information about Indian mathematical astronomy and its genres of scientific writing in Sanskrit. This painstaking critical edition, translation, and technical analysis of the work includes detailed technical background about its content and relation to the seminal 12th-century astronomical handbook Karaṇakutūhala. This book explores important contextual information about the role and study of numerical tables in pre-modern astronomy, as well as the many challenges arising from critically editing numerical data in the Indian astral sciences"-- Provided by publisher "The 17th-century Brahmatulyasāraṇī is a rich repository of information about Indian mathematical astronomy and its genres of scientific writing in Sanskrit. This painstaking critical edition, translation, and technical analysis of the work includes detailed technical background about its content and relation to the seminal 12th-century astronomical handbook Karaṇakutūhala. This book explores important contextual information about the role and study of numerical tables in pre-modern astronomy, as well as the many challenges arising from critically editing numerical data in the Indian astral sciences" A timely exploration of the numerical tables genre in pre-modern science, focusing on the previously unpublished 17th-century Indian astronomical table text Brahmatulyasra. Includes critical edition, English translation, and thorough technical/ historical commentary analysing the content and background of the work.