9780998187150 - Vedic Cosmography and Astronomy von Thompson, Richard L (5 Ergebnisse)

Softcover. Zustand: Sehr gut. 242 pages, trade paperback, fine. - - Contents: Introduction. - 1. The Astronomical Siddhantas: a) The Solar System According to the Surya-siddhanta. b) The Opinion of Western Scholars. c) The Vedic Calendar and Astrology. d) The Starting Date of Kali-yuga. e) The Distances and Sizes of the Planets. f) The Size of the Universe. - - 2. Vedic Physics: The Nature of Space, Time, and Matter: a) Extending Our Physical World View. b) The Position of Krsna. c) Mystic Siddhis. d) The Activities of Demigods, Yogis, and Rsis. e) Regions of This Earth Not Perceivable by Our Senses. - - 3. Vedic Cosmography: a) Bhu-mandala, or Middle Earth. b) The Earth of Our Experience. c) Planets of Globes in Space. d) The Orbit of the Sun. - - 4. The Vertical Dimension: a) The Terminology of Three and Fourteen Worlds. b) The Seven Planets. c) Higher-Dimensional Travel in the Vertical Direction. d) The Environs of the Earth. e) Eclipses. f) The Precession of the Equinoxes. - - 5. The Empirical Case for the Vedic World System: Unidentified Flying Objects. b) The Link with the Traditional Lore. c) The Events of Fatima. - - 6. Modern Astrophysics and the Vedic Perspective: The Principle of Relativity and Planetary Motions. b) Gravitation. c) Space Travel. d) The Universal Globe and Beyond. e) The Nature of Stars. - - 7. Red Shifts and the Expanding Universe: a) Hubble's Expanding Universe Model. b) Anomalous Red Shifts: The Observations of Halton Arp. c) Hubble's Constant and Tired Light. d) Quasars. e) Quantized Red Shifts. - - Questions and Answers. - - Appendix 1: Vamsidhara on Bhu-mandala and the Earth Globe. - Appendix 2: The Role of Greek Influence in Indian Astronomy: a) Pingree's Theory Regarding Aryabhata. b) The Main Argument for Pingree's Theory. c) A Preliminary Critique of Pingree's Argument. d) The Theory of Observation. e) Indian Trigonometry: A Speculative Recontruction. f) Another Speculative Reconstruction. - - Bibliography. List of Tables. List of Illustrations. Index.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The mysteries of the Fifth Canto of the Srimad-Bhagavatam have long puzzled students of Vedic cosmography and astronomy. Confronted with a description of the universe that seems much at variance with the information provided by our senses and standard astronomical calculations, foreign observers-and even Indian commentators-from the Middle Ages up to the present have concluded that the Bhagavatam's account, elaborated in other Puranas, must be mythological. On the other hand, the same persons have been much impressed with Vedic astronomical treatises, the jyotisa-sastras, which provide remarkably accurate measurements of the solar system. In Vedic Cosmography and Astromomy, Dr. Thompson shows that the Fifth Canto's cosmography and the accounts of the solar system found in the jyotisa-sastras are not contradictory, but that they in fact represent distinct yet mutually consistent ways of comprehending a universe with important features beyond the range of ordinary sense perception.solar system found in the jyotisa-sastras are not contradictory, but that they in fact represent distinct yet mutually consistent ways of comprehending a universe with important features beyond the range of ordinary sense perception.