Brhat Samhita of Varahamihira: With English Translation, Exhaustive Notes and Literary Comments, Volume 1
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Reprint.
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ISBN
8120800982, 9788120800984
Length
xlix+561p., Appendix; Bibliography; Notes; References; Index.
Subjects
The Brhat Sarhhitii of Varahamihira is an encyclopaedia of astrological and other subjects of human interest. Whatever subject the author takes up for delineation, whether it is eclipse, planetary movements, rainfall, cloud, architecture, water divination or some other topic, he discusses the same with thoroughness and mastery based on the knowledge of ancient sastras. Wherever he differs from ancients he gives reasons for it. Section I describes the movement of ...