Astronomy & Cosmology
Yantraraja: first Sanskrit astrolabe treatise
1370 CEMahendra SuriYantrarajaPan-Indian / unspecified
1370
The first Sanskrit manual on the astrolabe, written at the Tughlaq court.
- Dated
- 1370
- As scholars put it
- 1370 CE
- Originator
- Mahendra Suri
- Source text
- Yantraraja
- Region
- Pan-Indian / unspecified
- Discipline
- Astronomy & Cosmology
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Meanwhile in the West
The astrolabe came from the Greek-Islamic tradition.
Fair to say
An adaptation of an imported instrument, not its invention.
Path to modern innovation
Shows cross-cultural scientific exchange in medieval India.
1370Yantraraja: first Sanskrit astrolabe treatise
1720Transmission
Adapted an imported instrument for Sanskrit astronomy.
References
- 1Plofker (2009)
- 2S. R. Sarma
Further reading
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