Author: K.R. Cama Oriental InstitutePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
The K.R. Cama Oriental Institute Catalogue
Author: K.R. Cama Oriental InstitutePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Journal of the K.R. Cama Oriental Institute
Author: 
Author: A Descriptive Catalogue of Indian Astronomical Instruments
Author: Sreeramula Rajeswara SarmaPublisher: tredition
ISBN: 3748227833
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
The large masonry instruments designed by Sawai Jai Singh and erected in his five observatories in the early eighteenth century mark the culmination of a long process of development in astronomical instrumentation. But what kind of astronomical instruments were used in India before Jai Singh's time? Sanskrit texts on astronomy describe the construction and use of several types of instruments. Are any of these extant in museums? Such questions led me to an exploration of nearly a hundred museums and private collections in India, Europe and USA for about a quarter century. The present catalogue is the outcome of this exploration. This catalogue describes each instrument in the context of the related extant specimens, while laying special emphasis on the interplay between Sanskrit and Islamic traditions of instrumentation. Therefore, each instrument type is organized in a separate section identified by the letters of the alphabet. These sections begin with introductory essays on the history of the instrument type and its varieties, followed by a full technical description of every specimen, with art historical notes. Moreover, all engraved data are reproduced and interpreted as far as possible. In some 4300 pages, it contains 600 entries, with introductory essays and long extracts from two important Sanskrit texts, namely Mahendra Sūri's Yantrarāja and Padmanābha's Dhruvabhramādhikāra, along with English translations. Following a suggestion that a shorter version of the Catalogue, consisting of all the introductory essays and appendices, but excluding the catalogue proper, would be easier for the general reader to handle, this Abridged Version has been prepared. The pagination here remains the same as in the Catalogue. Those who wish to read about individual instruments can always consult the Catalogue.
Cama Oriental Institute Papers
Author: Sir Jivanji Jamshedji ModiPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Iranian philology
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
zaraθuštrōtəma
Author: Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004460705
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
This Festschrift is a collection of articles dedicated to one of the most distinguished scholars of Iranian Studies and a most prolific teacher of Zoroastrian and Kurdish literatures and religions, Philip G. Kreyenbroek.
Catalog of the Oriental Institute Library, University of Chicago
Author: University of Chicago. Oriental Institute. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 860
Book Description
Farāmarz, the Sistāni Hero
Author: Marjolijn van ZutphenPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004268286
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 790
Book Description
In Farāmarz, the Sistāni Hero Marjolijn van Zutphen discusses the manuscripts, storylines and main themes of the shorter and the longer Farāmarznāme (c. 1100), in relation to Ferdowsi’s Shāhnāme and several other later maṡnawis about the warriors from Sistān (the Persian Epic Cycle). Farāmarz, a secondary figure of the Shāhnāme, gained importance in later epic traditions and as the invincible protagonist of both Farāmarznāmes reached a status that equalled, if not surpassed, that of his famous father Rostam. Van Zutphen further shows how Farāmarz displays parallels to the fictional figures of Garshāsp (his ancestor) and Eskandar and argues that some story elements of Farāmarz’s Indian conquest may be rooted in historical events from both the Parthian and the Ghaznawid period.
Trübner's Bibliographical Catalogues
Author: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & CoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 1236
Book Description
Dictionary Catalog of the Oriental Collection
Author: New York Public Library. Reference DepartmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Oriental literature
Languages : en
Pages : 958
Book Description