A Note on the Indian Planetary Exaltations and their Greek-Language Sources
(2020) In History of Science in South Asia 8. p.77-82- Abstract
- A close examination of the lists of planetary exaltations given by two of the earliest known Sanskrit authors on horoscopic astrology – Mīnarāja and Sphujidhvaja – solves the confusion surrounding Mīnarāja’s idiosyncratic assignment of degrees and suggests that both authors, and indeed all later Indian astrological literature, depended for this doctrine on a single, Greek-language source.
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- author
- Gansten, Martin LU
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- publishing date
- 2020
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Mīnarāja, Sphujidhvaja, Vṛddhayavanajātaka, Yavanajātaka, exaltations, horoscopic astrology
- in
- History of Science in South Asia
- volume
- 8
- pages
- 77 - 82
- ISSN
- 2369-775X
- DOI
- 10.18732/hssa66
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- English
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- yes
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