The Five Astronomical Canons
Panchasiddhantika
AstrologyIndic TraditionsNatural PhilosophyIndian Natural PhilosophyIndian Mathematics AstronomySouth Asia
First from Sanskrit
English translations of this work exist from another source language, but this specific text has never been translated.
The 1889 edition by G. Thibaut and Sudhākara Dvivedī is the editio princeps and the first English translation of Varāhamihira's Pañchasiddhāntikā. No earlier English translations, complete or partial, were found in catalog searches or scholarly references; subsequent translations by Neugebauer/Pingree (1970) and Kuppanna Sastry (1993) were published much later.
Related translations found:
The Pañchasiddhântikâ: The Astronomical Work of Varâha Mihira, trans. G. Thibaut and Sudhākara Dvivedī (1889) [complete]
The Pañcasiddhāntikā of Varāhamihira, trans. O. Neugebauer and D. Pingree (1970) [complete]
Pañcasiddhāntikā of Varāhamihira, trans. T.S. Kuppanna Sastry (1993) [complete]
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Step into the 6th-century laboratory of Varahamihira, the master astronomer who bridged the gap between ancient Vedic wisdom and rigorous mathematical science. Panchasiddhantika is a definitive compendium that distills five lost astronomical traditions, challenging readers to discover how ancient thinkers mapped the stars, predicted eclipses with geometric precision, and quantified the infinite.
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Indian Astronomy179pपञ्चसिद्धान्तिका94pAstronomy81pVarahamihira54ptrigonometry51pVarâha Mihira50pdeclination46pPañcasiddhāntikā43pSûrya Siddhânta42pahargaṇa42pVarāhamihira40platitude40pGnomon38pahargana36pPañchasiddhântikâ35pRomaka Siddhânta32plongitude32pplanetary motion32pपञ्चसिद्धान्तिकाप्रकाशिका32pMercury31pMars30ptithi30pSaturn29pecliptic29pVenus28pJupiter26pSiddhântas25pyuga25pascensional difference25pAries25pSurya Siddhanta24pnâḍikâs22pRadius22pRahu22pसूर्यसिद्धान्त22pअहर्गण22psolar eclipse21pcelestial latitude21plunar eclipse20pPanchasiddhantika20pzodiac signs20pparallax19pUjjain19pBrahmagupta18pIndian mathematics18pSine17pHindu astronomy16pSiddhânta16pyojanas16pGemini16pRomaka15pmathematical proof15pभगण15pcolatitude15p
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