Surya Siddhanta no doubt shows that Hindu astronomy/trigonometry was one of the earliest to develop but that does not mean that it got things correct….
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For eg:
The text treats earth as a stationary globe around which sun, moon and five planets orbit.
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For eg:
The text treats earth as a stationary globe around which sun, moon and five planets orbit.
The next claim in Surya Siddhanta is that planets have apparent sizes, the same as globes with diameter 37.5 (Saturn), 45 (Mercury) 52.5 (Jupiter) and 60 yojanas (Venus)
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We know this to be incorrect as well.
The author (s) obviously derive it in an arithmetic sequence.
Wrong!!
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We know this to be incorrect as well.
The author (s) obviously derive it in an arithmetic sequence.
Wrong!!
This point was well known to the maker of Jhora software and that’s one of the reasons its put only for research purposes...
When it’s getting so many things wrong..... no point in using it unless one wants to see what mistakes were made by them...
When it’s getting so many things wrong..... no point in using it unless one wants to see what mistakes were made by them...
The problem is not with whether we assume x or y calculation proves antiquity or not, it simply means that nobody will use it for astronomy today..
Using for esoteric purposes depends on the user.
Using for esoteric purposes depends on the user.
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