The oriental astronomer : being a complete system of Hindu astronomy, accompanied with a translation and numerous explanatory notes : with an appendix.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Uḷḷamuḍaiyān.

Contributor:

Hoisington, Henry Richard, 1801-1858.

Series:

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I.

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I

Language:

English

Sanskrit

Tamil

Subjects (All):

Hindu astronomy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([2], 177, 2, 145, [1] p.).

Other Title:

Oriental astronomer

Place of Publication:

Jaffna : American Mission Press, 1848.

Notes:

Advertisement signed: H.R. Hoisington.

English translation from the Tamil translation from the Sanskrit language of "Parahitam." English translation follows Tamil translation (in Tamil script) with separate title page and pagination. Introduction (p. [1]-18, 2nd count) has English and Tamil language in opposing columns on each page.

Parahitam, the original work in Sanskrit, the author of which has not been traced, is said to have been translated into Tamil by Uḷḷamuḍaiyān, from which the English translation was made by H.R. Hoisington. cf. Brit. mus. Catalogue. Suppl.

Reproduction of the original from the Huntington Library.

OCLC:

1012073645