Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Astronomical Manuscripts Preserved at the Maharaja Man Singh II Museum un Jaipur, India
Memoirs, American Philosophical Society (vol. 250)| By: | David Pingree |
| Publisher: | University of Pennsylvania Press |
| Print ISBN: | 9780871692504 |
| eText ISBN: | 9780871692801 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 2003 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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This catalogue of the astronomical manuscripts preserved at the Maharaja Man Singh Museum provides a substantial part of the foundation for an extensive & penetrating analysis of the astronomical activities of Saw Jayasimha Maharaja from 1700 to 1743. Jayasimha collected Sanskrit manuscripts of traditional Indian astronomy, acquired Arabic & Persian manuscripts representative of the Muslim interpretation of Ptolemaic astronomy, built five observatories at which he employed both Hindu & Muslim observers, & produced a set of astronomical tables in Persian based on the Latin tables of Philippe de La Hire.