David Pingree's survey traces the textual history of Indian astral science specifically through its documented exchanges with Babylonian, Greek and Islamic astral sciences, a cross cultural transmission history that depends on being able to show textual borrowing directly rather than assumed influence. That is real evidentiary work, not a claim resting on the series it appears in. This record has not independently verified each individual textual borrowing Pingree traces, so a claim resting on one specific transmission episode is worth checking against his cited primary texts. It is the right source for the textual history and technical content of Indian astral science. It is not a general account of Hindu religion or ritual practice, which needs its own separate source when a claim concerns religious rather than technical or textual matters.
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A scholarly survey of Sanskrit astral and mathematical literature by a specialist historian of science, part of an academic History of Indian Literature series, cited for the textual history of Indian astral science rather than for general Hindu ritual practice. NotesDavid Pingree's scholarly survey, part of the History of Indian Literature series, of the Sanskrit astral and mathematical sciences: astronomy, astrology (jyotisha) and mathematics, tracing texts, authors and the discipline's historical development including its exchanges with Babylonian, Greek and Islamic astral sciences. Use for the textual history and technical content of Indian astral science, not for a general account of Hindu religion or ritual practice.
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AuthorDavid Pingree
PublisherOtto Harrassowitz
Publication Year1981
URLhttps://archive.org/details/pingree1981
Source Typeacademic monograph
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This source names Babylonians directly: "David Pingree's survey traces the textual history of Indian astral science specifically through its documented exchanges with Babylonian, Greek and Islamic astral sciences, a cross cultural..."
Source Jyotihsastra: Astral and Mathematical LiteratureDavid Pingree
Claims Backed By This Source (1,543 claims)
This source backs 1,543 claims across the atlas. As facts: 1,216 well-attested, 5 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 135 holds. Plus 187 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Nakshatras (Lunar Mansions), 412 claims: 384 well-attested, 28 general references.
- Tithis, 231 claims: 158 well-attested, 43 holds, 30 general references.
- Articles, 177 claims: 173 well-attested, 2 holds, 2 general references.
- Vargas (Divisional Charts), 177 claims: 145 well-attested, 16 holds, 16 general references.
- Yogas, 112 claims: 98 well-attested, 14 general references.
- Vimshottari Dashas, 90 claims: 72 well-attested, 9 holds, 9 general references.
- Grahas (Planets), 60 claims: 42 well-attested, 9 holds, 9 general references.
- Rashis (Vedic Signs), 60 claims: 36 well-attested, 12 holds, 12 general references.
- Nitya Yogas, 54 claims: 27 holds, 27 general references.
- Yoga Categories, 40 claims: 35 well-attested, 5 general references.
- Mahapurusha Yogas, 35 claims: 30 well-attested, 5 general references.
- Karanas, 22 claims: 11 holds, 11 general references.
- Esoteric Texts, 19 claims: 9 well-attested, 5 scholarly debate, 2 holds, 3 general references.
- Categories, 17 claims: 11 well-attested, 6 general references.
- Yugas (World Ages), 10 claims: 6 well-attested, 4 general references.
- Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Disciplines, 8 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds, 2 general references.
- Calendars, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Moon Phases, 4 claims: 2 holds, 2 general references.
- Sections, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
Well-attested
1,216Articles
Purva Bhadrapada, the Funeral Cot's FrontPurva Phalguni, the Front of the BedPushya, the Most Nourishing StarRahu: The North Node and the Shadow of DesireRaja YogaRevati, the Wealth-Bearing FishRohini, the Red One the Moon LovesShani: Saturn as Discipline and the JudgeShasha and the Sources of the ClassShatabhisha, the Hundred HealersShravana, the Ear That HearsShukra: Venus as Love and RefinementSimha: The Fixed Fire of the LionSunapha YogaSwati, the Self-Going WindThe Argument for Reading the Bad Houses BackwardsThe Combination Defined by an AbsenceThe Combination That Needs Three Planets to CooperateThe Combustion ProblemThe Four Padas of AnuradhaThe Four Padas of ArdraThe Four Padas of AshleshaThe Four Padas of AshwiniThe Four Padas of BharaniThe Four Padas of ChitraThe Four Padas of DhanishtaThe Four Padas of HastaThe Four Padas of JyeshthaThe Four Padas of KrittikaThe Four Padas of MaghaThe Four Padas of MrigashiraThe Four Padas of MulaThe Four Padas of PunarvasuThe Four Padas of Purva AshadhaThe Four Padas of Purva BhadrapadaThe Four Padas of Purva PhalguniThe Four Padas of PushyaThe Four Padas of RevatiThe Four Padas of RohiniThe Four Padas of ShatabhishaThe Four Padas of ShravanaThe Four Padas of SwatiThe Four Padas of Uttara AshadhaThe Four Padas of Uttara BhadrapadaThe Four Padas of Uttara PhalguniThe Four Padas of VishakhaThe Full Case, and the Limits of the SetThe Horse's Head at the Zodiac's StartThe Lunar Group, and What the Sun Is Doing Outside ItThe Nakshatra That Does Not Fit Showing 101 to 150 of 309 entities carrying this claim.
Holds
135Showing 1 to 50 of 121 entities carrying this claim.
General References
187Nakshatras (Lunar Mansions)
Showing 1 to 50 of 187 entities carrying this claim.
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