Eclipses have remained awe-inspiring events from the remoter past. As a first step in understanding the phenomena, our ancestors studied the movements of sun and moon meticulously. They arrived at the exact calculations that are responsible for the celestial dramas. Their studies were based on strong mathematical foundations which were again based on rational thoughts and logic. When it comes to understanding the techniques they used, especially in the Indian ...
The study of astronomy in India is as ancient as her civilization. Indian subcontinent is one of the few culture areas in which an unbroken tradition in astronomical research has been maintained from the prehistoric to modern times. Thus the rudiments of the concept of a stellar zodiac which we find fully developed in the Vedic Samhitas and Brahmanas appear in some of the seals of the Indus Valley Civilization. This early interest in astronomy is further ...
Susruta Samhita, the Ayurvedic classic of Dhanvantai school though basically a study of surgical treatment, concerns in addition, origin of life, analysis of constituent elements of vegetable and animal substances taken as food as well as drugs, and theories and practices relating to origin of human diseases and their treatment. The present monograph is an evaluation of the Susruta Samhita in two parts: texts and tables. Theories and practices mentioned in the ...
