Vedanga Jyotisha & Indology October 2, 2017UncategorizedBharatavarsha, Dharma, Ganita, Literature, Sci/Tech, TraditionsShivoham The method of simply assuming results, once one is persuaded that they are true, rather than trying to prove them, has all the advantages of thievery over honest toil. - Bertrand Russell quoted in The Origins of Astronomy [5]. Introduction… Read the rest
Vedanga Jyotisha June 5, 2017UncategorizedBharatavarsha, Dharma, Ganita, Literature, Sci/Tech, TraditionsShivoham The Great King Suchi of Magadha His calendar was a royal mess because the equinoxes precess until he learned 'the lore of time' from Sage Lagadha. Jyotihsastra Jyotihsastra is the ancient Indian ‘science of light’ [2]. It includes within it … Read the rest
An Indic Perspective to Mathematics — 3 July 6, 2016UncategorizedBharatavarsha, Culture, Ganita, History, Sci/Tech, TraditionsShivoham (This is the concluding part of the sequel to ‘Introduction to Ganita’) Part 1 (Introduction) Part 2 (Ganita – Math Encounters) Part 3 (below): Ganita prevailed over Math in their encounters, but what did it really win? While Ganita’s … Read the rest
An Indic Perspective to Mathematics — 2 July 3, 2016UncategorizedBharatavarsha, Culture, Ganita, History, Sci/Tech, TraditionsShivoham This is the Second in a Set of Posts as a follow up to our ‘Introduction to Ganita’. This Set of Posts on the Indic Perspective to Mathematics is the third installment of our continuing Series on Ganita. Our first … Read the rest
An Indic Perspective to Mathematics — 1 July 1, 2016UncategorizedBharatavarsha, Culture, Ganita, History, Sci/Tech, TraditionsShivoham This is the first of a 3-part set of Posts that follows our ‘Introduction to Ganita’ Topic Outline This Post studies from an Indic perspective, the path taken by Mathematics from ancient Greece to reach its present form. We compare … Read the rest
