Book contents
- Frontmatter
- CHAPTER XLIX A SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF THE ERAS
- CHAPTER L HOW MANY STAR-CYCLES THREE ARE BOTH IN A “KALPA” AND IN A “CATURYUGA.”
- CHAPTER LI AN EXPLANATION OF THE TERMS “ADHIMÂSA,” “ÛNARÂTRA,” AND THE “AHARGANAS,” AS REPRESENTING DIFFERENT SUMS OF DAYS
- CHAPTER LII ON THE CALCULATION OF “AHARGANA” IN GENERAL, THAT IS, THE RESOLUTION OF YEARS AND MONTHS INTO DAYS, AND, VICE VERSÂ, THE COMPOSITION OF YEARS AND MONTHS OUT OF DAYS
- CHAPTER LIII ON THE AHARGANA, OR THE RESOLUTION OF YEARS INTO MONTHS, ACCORDING TO SPECIAL RULES WHICH ARE ADOPTED IN THE CALENDARS FOR CERTAIN DATES OR MOMENTS OF TIME
- CHAPTER LIV ON THE COMPUTATION OF THE MEAN PLACES OF THE PLANETS
- CHAPTER LV ON THE ORDER OF THE PLANETS, THEIR DISTANCES AND SIZES
- CHAPTER LVI ON THE STATIONS OF THE MOON
- CHAPTER LVII ON THE HELIACAL RISINGS OF THE STARS, AND ON THE CEREMONIES AND RITES WHICH THE HINDUS PRACTISE AT SUCH A MOMENT
- CHAPTER LVIII HOW EBB AND FLOW FOLLOW EACH OTHER IN THE OCEAN
- CHAPTER LIX ON THE SOLAR AND LUNAR ECLIPSES
- CHAPTER LX ON THE PARVAN
- CHAPTER LXI ON THE DOMINANTS OF THE DIFFERENT MEASURES OF TIME IN BOTH RELIGIOUS AND ASTRONOMICAL RELATIONS, AND ON CONNECTED SUBJECTS
- CHAPTER LXII ON THE SIXTY YEARS-SAMVATSARA, ALSO CALLED “SHASHTYABDA.”
- CHAPTER LXIII ON THAT WHICH ESPECIALLY CONCERNS THE BRAHMANS, AND WHAT THEY ARE OBLIGED TO DO DURING THEIR WHOLE LIFE
- CHAPTER LXIV ON THE RITES AND CUSTOMS WHICH THE OTHER CASTES, BESIDES THE BEAHMANS, PRACTISE DURING THEIR LIFETIME
- CHAPTER LXV ON THE SACRIFICES
- CHAPTER LXVI ON PILGRIMAGE AND THE VISITING OF SACRED PLACES
- CHAPTER LXVII ON ALMS, AND HOW A MAN MUST SPEND WHAT HE EARNS
- CHAPTER LXVIII ON WHAT IS ALLOWED AND FORBIDDEN IN EATING AND DRINKING
- CHAPTER LXIX ON MATRIMONY, THE MENSTRUAL COURSES, EMBRYOS, AND CHILDBED
- CHAPTER LXX ON LAWSUITS
- CHAPTER LXXI ON PUNISHMENTS AND EXPIATIONS
- CHAPTER LXXII ON INHERITANCE, AND WHAT CLAIM THE DECEASED PERSON HAS ON IT
- CHAPTER LXXIII ABOUT WHAT IS DUE TO THE BODIES OF THE DEAD AND OF THE LIVING (THAT IS, ABOUT BURYING AND SUICIDE)
- CHAPTER LXXIV ON FASTING, AND THE VARIOUS KINDS OF IT
- CHAPTER LXXV ON THE DETERMINATION OF THE FAST-DAYS
- CHAPTER LXXVI ON THE FESTIVALS AND FESTIVE DAYS
- CHAPTER LXXVII ON DAYS WHICH ARE HELD IN SPECIAL VENERATION, ON LUCKY AND UNLUCKY TIMES, AND ON SUCH TIMES AS ARE PARTICULARLY FAVOURABLE FOR ACQUIRING IN THEM BLISS IN HEAVEN
- CHAPTER LXXVIII ON THE KARANAS
- CHAPTER LXXIX ON THE YOGAS
- CHAPTER LXXX ON THE INTRODUCTORY PRINCIPLES OF HINDU ASTROLOGY, WITH A SHORT DESCRIPTION OP THEIR METHODS OF ASTROLOGICAL CALCULATIONS
- ANNOTATIONS
- ANNOTATIONS
- INDEX I
- INDEX II
ANNOTATIONS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2013
- Frontmatter
- CHAPTER XLIX A SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF THE ERAS
- CHAPTER L HOW MANY STAR-CYCLES THREE ARE BOTH IN A “KALPA” AND IN A “CATURYUGA.”
- CHAPTER LI AN EXPLANATION OF THE TERMS “ADHIMÂSA,” “ÛNARÂTRA,” AND THE “AHARGANAS,” AS REPRESENTING DIFFERENT SUMS OF DAYS
- CHAPTER LII ON THE CALCULATION OF “AHARGANA” IN GENERAL, THAT IS, THE RESOLUTION OF YEARS AND MONTHS INTO DAYS, AND, VICE VERSÂ, THE COMPOSITION OF YEARS AND MONTHS OUT OF DAYS
- CHAPTER LIII ON THE AHARGANA, OR THE RESOLUTION OF YEARS INTO MONTHS, ACCORDING TO SPECIAL RULES WHICH ARE ADOPTED IN THE CALENDARS FOR CERTAIN DATES OR MOMENTS OF TIME
- CHAPTER LIV ON THE COMPUTATION OF THE MEAN PLACES OF THE PLANETS
- CHAPTER LV ON THE ORDER OF THE PLANETS, THEIR DISTANCES AND SIZES
- CHAPTER LVI ON THE STATIONS OF THE MOON
- CHAPTER LVII ON THE HELIACAL RISINGS OF THE STARS, AND ON THE CEREMONIES AND RITES WHICH THE HINDUS PRACTISE AT SUCH A MOMENT
- CHAPTER LVIII HOW EBB AND FLOW FOLLOW EACH OTHER IN THE OCEAN
- CHAPTER LIX ON THE SOLAR AND LUNAR ECLIPSES
- CHAPTER LX ON THE PARVAN
- CHAPTER LXI ON THE DOMINANTS OF THE DIFFERENT MEASURES OF TIME IN BOTH RELIGIOUS AND ASTRONOMICAL RELATIONS, AND ON CONNECTED SUBJECTS
- CHAPTER LXII ON THE SIXTY YEARS-SAMVATSARA, ALSO CALLED “SHASHTYABDA.”
- CHAPTER LXIII ON THAT WHICH ESPECIALLY CONCERNS THE BRAHMANS, AND WHAT THEY ARE OBLIGED TO DO DURING THEIR WHOLE LIFE
- CHAPTER LXIV ON THE RITES AND CUSTOMS WHICH THE OTHER CASTES, BESIDES THE BEAHMANS, PRACTISE DURING THEIR LIFETIME
- CHAPTER LXV ON THE SACRIFICES
- CHAPTER LXVI ON PILGRIMAGE AND THE VISITING OF SACRED PLACES
- CHAPTER LXVII ON ALMS, AND HOW A MAN MUST SPEND WHAT HE EARNS
- CHAPTER LXVIII ON WHAT IS ALLOWED AND FORBIDDEN IN EATING AND DRINKING
- CHAPTER LXIX ON MATRIMONY, THE MENSTRUAL COURSES, EMBRYOS, AND CHILDBED
- CHAPTER LXX ON LAWSUITS
- CHAPTER LXXI ON PUNISHMENTS AND EXPIATIONS
- CHAPTER LXXII ON INHERITANCE, AND WHAT CLAIM THE DECEASED PERSON HAS ON IT
- CHAPTER LXXIII ABOUT WHAT IS DUE TO THE BODIES OF THE DEAD AND OF THE LIVING (THAT IS, ABOUT BURYING AND SUICIDE)
- CHAPTER LXXIV ON FASTING, AND THE VARIOUS KINDS OF IT
- CHAPTER LXXV ON THE DETERMINATION OF THE FAST-DAYS
- CHAPTER LXXVI ON THE FESTIVALS AND FESTIVE DAYS
- CHAPTER LXXVII ON DAYS WHICH ARE HELD IN SPECIAL VENERATION, ON LUCKY AND UNLUCKY TIMES, AND ON SUCH TIMES AS ARE PARTICULARLY FAVOURABLE FOR ACQUIRING IN THEM BLISS IN HEAVEN
- CHAPTER LXXVIII ON THE KARANAS
- CHAPTER LXXIX ON THE YOGAS
- CHAPTER LXXX ON THE INTRODUCTORY PRINCIPLES OF HINDU ASTROLOGY, WITH A SHORT DESCRIPTION OP THEIR METHODS OF ASTROLOGICAL CALCULATIONS
- ANNOTATIONS
- ANNOTATIONS
- INDEX I
- INDEX II
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- Alberuni's IndiaAn Account of the Religion, Philosophy, Literature, Geography, Chronology, Astronomy, Customs, Laws and Astrology of India about AD 1030, pp. 247 - 356Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012First published in: 1888