Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern India, Volume 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1817 - 378 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 17
Page 4
... beginning of the Kaly - Yug , or pre- sent age of Hindu chronology , adjusted to our computation of time , is reckoned at two hours , twenty - seven minutes , and thirty seconds of the morning of the 16th of February , 3102 years before ...
... beginning of the Kaly - Yug , or pre- sent age of Hindu chronology , adjusted to our computation of time , is reckoned at two hours , twenty - seven minutes , and thirty seconds of the morning of the 16th of February , 3102 years before ...
Page 6
... beginning a new age , and expressed their feelings by naming it the Kaly - Yug , the age of unhappiness or misfor- tune . From the tables brought home by M. de la Loubiere , in 1687 , it appears that the In- dians knew some particulars ...
... beginning a new age , and expressed their feelings by naming it the Kaly - Yug , the age of unhappiness or misfor- tune . From the tables brought home by M. de la Loubiere , in 1687 , it appears that the In- dians knew some particulars ...
Page 27
... beginning of the pre- sent century , is 10 ° 0 ° 51 ′ 16 ′′ . But , ac- cording to the same astronomer , the moon is subject to a small , but uniform accelera- tion , such , that her angular motion , in any one age , is 9 " greater than ...
... beginning of the pre- sent century , is 10 ° 0 ° 51 ′ 16 ′′ . But , ac- cording to the same astronomer , the moon is subject to a small , but uniform accelera- tion , such , that her angular motion , in any one age , is 9 " greater than ...
Page 31
... beginning of the Kaly - Yug , to be greater by 17 ′ 39 ′′ than was found from Mayer's rule ; and greater , consequently , by 16 ' 32 " , than was deduc- ed from the tables of Krishnapouram . It is plain , that this coincidence is still ...
... beginning of the Kaly - Yug , to be greater by 17 ′ 39 ′′ than was found from Mayer's rule ; and greater , consequently , by 16 ' 32 " , than was deduc- ed from the tables of Krishnapouram . It is plain , that this coincidence is still ...
Page 42
... beginning of the Kaly - Yug , were determined by actual observation . " This follows from the exact argument of the radical places in the tables of Tirva- -lore , with those deduced for the same epoch from the tables of De la Caille and ...
... beginning of the Kaly - Yug , were determined by actual observation . " This follows from the exact argument of the radical places in the tables of Tirva- -lore , with those deduced for the same epoch from the tables of De la Caille and ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
æra afterwards Alexander ancient antiquity appears Arabic Arrian Asiatic Researches Bailly Bali Bali language Bamiyan Barma Benares Bengal Brahmins brought calculated called character coast Colebrooke commentaries contains derived Devanagari dialects ecliptic Egypt employed epoch époque été Europe Europeans excavations formed formerly Ganges given grammar Grecs Greeks Hikaiat Hindūs Hindustan India Indian astronomy Indus inhabitants island Kaly-Yug l'astronomie learned Leyden Mahratta Malay Malayu manner Megasthenes mentioned modern moon motion mountains mouvement named nation Nearchus nouns observed origin Palibothra Pattala Peishwah Persian persons Playfair Pliny poem possession Prakrit principal procured province Ptolemy Ptolemy Lagus qu'il Rajah religion remote Rennell river rules sacred Sanscrit Sanscrit language says scrit seems Seeva-jee shew Siam Siamese silk sinus Sir William Jones sometimes Strabo supposed Surya Siddhanta tables temples thence tion Tirvalore Trans tribe Vedas Vishnu vocables voyage Wilford Zend