A Critical Edition of the Candrārkī of Dinakara
Journal name: History of Science in South Asia
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Aditya Kolachana
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
Clemency Montelle
School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Jambugahapitiye Dhammaloka
School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Keshav Melnad
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
Mahesh K
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
Pravesh Vyas
Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth, New Delhi, India
Krishnamurthi Ramasubramanian
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
M. S. Sriram
Prof. K.V. Sarma Research Foundation, Chennai, India
Venketeswara Pai
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India
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Year: 2018 | Doi: 10.18732/hssa.v6i0.35
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A set of tables devoted to solar and lunar phenomena entitled the Candrārkī was prepared in Sanskrit by the sixteenth-century Indian astronomer Dinakara. Along with the tables, Dinakara composed a short accompanying text which instructed the user how to extract and manipulate the tabular data to construct their own calendar for any desired year and geographical circumstances. The work proved to be popular. Based on a small fraction of the extant manuscripts, we present a critical edition of the text together with a discussion of the challenges raised while preparing the edition.
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