Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern India, Volume 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1817 - 378 pages |
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... servility . I apprehend that it must have been the Arabs who adopted ( with slight variations ) a division of the zodiac familiar to the Hindus . This , at least , seems to be more probable than the supposition 8 ON THE ASTRONOMY , & c .
... servility . I apprehend that it must have been the Arabs who adopted ( with slight variations ) a division of the zodiac familiar to the Hindus . This , at least , seems to be more probable than the supposition 8 ON THE ASTRONOMY , & c .
Page 9
... Arabs , in so very remote times . " * And again , some pages after , he ob- serves " The result of the comparison shews , I hope satisfactorily , that the Indian asterisms , which mark the divisions of the ecliptic , generally consist ...
... Arabs , in so very remote times . " * And again , some pages after , he ob- serves " The result of the comparison shews , I hope satisfactorily , that the Indian asterisms , which mark the divisions of the ecliptic , generally consist ...
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... Arabs . But whether the Arabs are the authors of this invention , or whether they themselves received OF THE HINDUS . 55.
... Arabs . But whether the Arabs are the authors of this invention , or whether they themselves received OF THE HINDUS . 55.
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... Arabs . * Mr. Colebrooke , in his Essay on the Vedas , or sacred writings of the Hindūs , ob- serves , that they abound in every branch of science , and that in them are to be found almost all their system of astronomy . Speaking of ...
... Arabs . * Mr. Colebrooke , in his Essay on the Vedas , or sacred writings of the Hindūs , ob- serves , that they abound in every branch of science , and that in them are to be found almost all their system of astronomy . Speaking of ...
Page 80
... of the " Asiatic Researches ; " in which he endeavours to combat the received opinions concerning the remote an- tiquity of the Indian astronomy . with the Arabic or the Persian tables , so that 80 ON THE ASTRONOMY , & c .
... of the " Asiatic Researches ; " in which he endeavours to combat the received opinions concerning the remote an- tiquity of the Indian astronomy . with the Arabic or the Persian tables , so that 80 ON THE ASTRONOMY , & c .
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