History of Science in South Asia

2013 | 764,471 words

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Summary: HSSA publishes current international research in the history of science in South Asia. Submissions to HSSA are peer-reviewed by active professionals in the history of science. Authors are not charged any article-processing fee and authors retain the copyright of their work, releasing it under a Creative Commons BY-SA license. HSSA provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public is the most effective way to support the growth of knowledge.

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The full text of the History of Science in South Asia in English is available here and publically accesible (free to read online). Of course, I would always recommend buying the book so you get the latest edition. You can see all this book’s content by visiting the pages in the below index:

+ Vol. 1 (2013)

. The Date and Nature of Sphujidhvaja’s Yavanajātaka Reconsidered in the Light of Some Newly Discovered Materials

. Beginnings of Indian Astronomy with Reference to a Parallel Development in China

+ Vol. 2 (2014)

. The Karaṇakesarī of Bhāskara: a 17th-century Table Text for Computing Eclipses

. Mendicants and Medicine: Āyurveda in Jain Monastic Texts

. The Sanskrit and Arabic Sources of the Praśnatantra Attributed to Nīlakaṇṭha

. Review of: Dr Sita Sundar Ram, Bījapallava of Kṛṣṇa Daivajña: Algebra in Sixteenth Century India. A Critical Study

+ Vol. 3 (2015)

. Bhāskara I on the Construction of the Armillary Sphere

. Review of Vargas-O'Bryan and Zhou (eds.), Disease, Religion and Healing in Asia (2015)

+ Vol. 4 (2016)

. Eclipse computation tables in Sanskrit astronomy: A critical edition of the tables of the Karaṇakesarī of Bhāskara (fl. c. 1681)

. Review of: Dhruv Raina, Needham's Indian Network: The Search for a Home for the History of Science in India (1950-1970) (New Delhi: Yoda Press, 2015)

. Review of: S. Balachandra Rao, Indian Astronomy: Concepts and Procedures (Bengaluru: M. P. Birla Institute of Management, 2014)

+ Vol. 5 No. 1 (2017)

. The Units of Time in Ancient and Medieval India

. Notes on Some Sanskrit Astrological Authors

. The Bakhshālī Manuscript: A Response to the Bodleian Library's Radiocarbon Dating

. Garga and Early Astral Science in India

+ Special Issue

. Transmutations: Rejuvenation, Longevity, and Immortality Practices in South and Inner Asia Introduction

. Acts of Improvement

. Stretching Out Life, Maintaining the Body: Part I - Vayas in Medical Literature

. Rasāyana in Classical Yoga and Āyurveda

. Yogis, Ayurveda, and Kayakalpa

. Mastering Deathlessness

. Tibetan Bonpo Mendrup: The Precious Formula’s Transmission

. Reflections on Rasāyana, Bcud Len and Related Practices in Nyingma (Rnying Ma) Tantric Ritual

. Tibetan Precious Pills as Therapeutics and Rejuvenating Longevity Tonics

. The Flame and the Breeze

+ Vol. 6 (2018)

. Premodern Yoga Traditions and Ayurveda

. The Kriyākramakarī’s Integrative Approach to Mathematical Knowledge

. A Critical Edition of the Candrārkī of Dinakara

. Origins of the Tājika System of Astrological Aspects and Dignities

+ Vol. 7 (2019)

. Rasāyana and Rasaśāstra in the Persian Medical Culture of South Asia

. Indian Sine Table of 36 Entries

. Vedic Astral Lore and Planetary Science in the Gārgīyajyotiṣa

. Varāhamihira’s Physiognomic Omens in the Garuḍapurāṇa

. A Comparative Survey of the Indradhvaja Ceremony (Gārgīyajyotiṣa 45)

+ Vol. 8 (2020)

. A Model of the Universe in Kathmandu's Old Royal Palace

. Gaṇitagannaḍi - A Text of 1604 CE on Siddhāntic Astronomy in Kannaḍa

. Sīdhu (Śīdhu): the Sugar Cane “Wine” of Ancient and Early Medieval India

. Al-Bīrūnī’s India, Chapter 14

. A Note on the Indian Planetary Exaltations and their Greek-Language Sources

+ Vol. 9 (2021)

. Doṣas by the Numbers

. Persian Astronomy in Sanskrit

. Three Purāṇic Statements on the Shape of the Earth

. Who is the Native of the Sarvasiddhāntatattvacūḍāmaṇi?

. Jaina Thoughts on Unity Not Being a Number

. Mean and True Positions of Planets as Described in Gaṇitagannaḍi

+ Vol. 10 (2022)

. The Evidence for Hospitals in Early India

. Geometrical Knowledge in Early Sri Lanka

. Sanskrit Recension of Persian Astronomy

. Gameplay as Foreplay at a Medieval Indian Court

. Three Versions of Crow Omens

. The Seasons in Ancient Indian Medicine

. The Borrowings Kṣuta-/kṣut- (“Inimical”) and Vidumāla- (“Retrograde”) in Sanskrit Astrological Texts, and the Representation of Semiticʿayn in Similar Loans

+ Vol. 11 (2023)

. Making Gems in Indian Alchemical Literature

. Elements of the Buddhist Medical System

. The Core of the Non-Universe in Jaina Cosmology as a Cube of Eight Space-Points

. Calendars, Compliments, and Computations

. The Astrolabe by Bulhomal and Pīr Bakhsh of 1841 CE: A Unique Testimonial to an Intercultural Collaboration

. Review: James McHugh, An Unholy Brew: Alcohol in Indian History and Religions

. Review: Dagmar Wujastyk and Christèle Barois (eds.), The Usman Report (1923): Translations of Regional Submissions

. Review: Anthony Cerulli, The Practice of Texts: Education and Healing in South India

. Review: Minakshi Menon (ed.), Indigenous Knowledges and Colonial Sciences in South Asia

+ Vol. 12 (2024)

. Content and Context of Kaṇakkatikāram Manuscripts

. The Table Text Jagadbhūṣaṇa of Haridatta

. Shifting the Paradigm

. Review: Barbara Gerke, Taming the Poisonous: Mercury, Toxicity, and Safety in Tibetan Medical Practices

+ Vol. 13 (2025)

. Humours and their Legacy in Early Buddhist Medicine

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