Isis Current Bibliography 2006, Vol. 97 - History of Science Society

867. ABRAHAM, George, and J. Samuel COR-
NELIUS. “Observational Astronomy.” Indian J. Hist.
Sci. 38 (2003): 367–376.
Comparison of the motions of the sun, moon, and planets
in the theories of Ptolemy, Āryabhat.a, Lalla, and Nīlakan.t.ha
Somayaji.
868. BHATTACHARYA, Deepak, and P. C. NAIK.
“Archaeoastronomy at Bhubaneswar: A Polygonal
and Mathematical Model—Tārakā.” Indian J. Hist.
Sci. 41 (2006): 53–75.
869. HARI, K. Chandra. “Accuracy of Lunar Eclipse
Computations of the Grahalāghavam.” Indian J. Hist.
Sci. 40 (2005): 113–120.
The article is meant as a complement and contrast to a
previous article: RAO et al. . [ref. 878].
870. HARI, K. Chandra. “Computation of the True
Moon by Mādhava of Sa˙ngama-grāma.” Indian J.
Hist. Sci. 38 (2003): 231–253.
871. HARI, K. Chandra. “P. V. Holay’s Interpretation
of the R. k-Jyotis. a Verses on 19-Year Yuga.” Indian J.
Hist. Sci. 39 (2004): 157–175.
872. HARI, K. Chandra. “Polar Longitudes of the
Sūryasiddhānta and Hipparchus’ Commentary.” Indian
J. Hist. Sci. 41 (2006): 29–52.
873. IYENGAR, R. N. “Some Celestial Observations
Associated with Kr.s.n.a-Lore.” Indian J. Hist. Sci. 41
(2006): 1–13.
874. IYENGAR, R. Narayana. “Eclipse Period Number
3339 in the R. gveda.” Indian J. Hist. Sci. 40
(2005): 139–152.
875. MINKOWSKI, Christopher. “A Nineteenth Century
Sanskrit Treatise on the Revolution of the Earth:
Govinda Deva’s Bhūmibhraman. a.” Sciamvs 5 (2004):
199–224.
876. RAO, S. Balachandra. Ancient Indian Astronomy:
Planetary Positions and Eclipses. (xv + 288 pp.;
ill.; bibl.; index.) Delhi: B.R. Publishing Corporation,
2000. ISBN: 8176461628.
877. RAO, S. Balachandra, and S. K. UMA. “Grahalāghavam
of Gan. e´sa Daivajña: An English Exposition
with Mathematical Explanation Derivations,
Examples, Tables and Diagrams.” Supplement. Indian
J. Hist. Sci. 41 (2006): i–xii, S1–S88.
878. RAO, S. Balachandra, S. K. UMA, and Padmaja
VENUGOPAL. “Lunar Eclipse Computation in
Indian Astronomy with Special Reference to Grahalāghavam.”
Indian J. Hist. Sci. 38 (2003): 255–
271.
879. RAO, S. Balachandra, S. K. UMA, and Padmaja
VENUGOPAL. “Mean Planetary Positions According
to Grahalāghavam.” Indian J. Hist. Sci. 39 (2004):
441–466.
880. SAMRĀT. , Jagannātha, and David PINGREE.
“Siddhāntakaustubha of Jagannātha Pan. d. ita.” Supplement.
Edited with an introduction in English by
Pingree. Indian J. Hist. Sci. 39 (2004): no. 2:
S1–S74; no. 3: S75–S99.
881. TANG Quan and QU Anjing. “Parallax Theory
in The Surya Siddhanta.” [Translated title.] In
Chinese. Ziran Kexueshi Yanjiu 24 (2005): 197–213.
240. Indian contexts 47
240-112. PHYSICS AND GENERAL WORKS ON
THE EXACT SCIENCES
882. PINGREE, David. Catalogue of Jyotis. a
Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library: Sanskrit Astral
and Mathematical Literature. Sir Henry Wellcome
Asian Studies, v. 2. (xix + 472 pp.; bibl.; index.)
Boston: Brill, 2004. ISBN: 9004131523.
Reviews: [ref. R723]
240-114. ALCHEMY
883. KALYANARAMAN, S. Indian Alchemy: Soma in
the Veda. (xxiv + 322 pp.; bibl.; index.) New Delhi:
Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, 2004. ISBN:
8121508800.
240-120. EARTH AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
884. IYENGAR, R. N. “Profile of a Natural Disaster
in Ancient Sanskrit Literature.” Indian J. Hist. Sci.
39 (2004): 11–49.
885. PATEL, Sanjay C. “Deep-Sea Volcanoes and
Their Associated Hydrothermal Vents.” Indian J.
Hist. Sci. 39 (2004): 511–518.
240-123. ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL
SCIENCES
886. AGRAWAL, Arun, and K. SIVARAMAKRISH-
NAN. (Eds.) Agrarian Environments: Resources,
Representation, and Rule in India. (viii + 316 pp.;
bibl.; index.) Durham: Duke Univ. Press, 2000.
ISBN: 0822325551.
887. ROV, Mira. “Environment and Ecology in the
Rāmāyan. a.” Indian J. Hist. Sci. 40 (2005): 9–29.
240-150. MEDICAL SCIENCES IN GENERAL
888. MANOHAR, P. Ram, S. B. R. KASHINATH,
E. SETHUKRISHNA, B. VASANTHI, M. SUJITHRA,
and Anusha SEHGAL. “Management of Fistula in
Ano in Ancient Greek and Ayurvedic Medicine—A
Historical Analysis.” Indian J. Hist. Sci. 40 (2005):
153–167.
889. PEARSON, M.N. The World of the Indian
Ocean, 1500–1800: Studies in Economic, Social,
and Cultural History. Variorum Collected Studies Series.
(336 pp.; bibl.; index.) Burlington, VT: Ashgate,
2005. ISBN: 0860789624.
Includes previously published essays on the history of
medicine.
890. THAKUR, A. N. “Therapeutic Use of Urine
in Early Indian Medicine.” Indian J. Hist. Sci. 39
(2004): 415–427.
891. VAN HOLLEN, Cecilia Coale. Birth on the
Threshold: Childbirth and Modernity in South India.
(xv + 295 pp.; bibl.; index.) Berkeley: Univ. of California
Press, 2003. ISBN: 0520223586; 1417525541
(ebook).
Reviews: [ref. R935]
892. ZYSK, Kenneth G. Asceticism and Healing in
Ancient India: Medicine in the Buddhist Monastery.
(200 pp.; bibl.; index.) New York: Oxford Univ.
Press, 1998. ISBN: 0195059565.