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	Trigonometry Encyclopedia
		Indian mathematicians were the pioneers of variable computations algebra for use in astronomical calculations along with trigonometry.
		Lagadha (circa 1350-1200 BC) is the first person thought to have used geometry and trigonometry for astronomy, in his Vedanga Jyotisha.
		Persian mathematician Omar Khayyám (1048-1131) combined trigonometry and approximation theory to provide methods of solving algebraic equations by geometrical means.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /topic/Trigonometry.html (0 words)

	Lagadha - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This text describes rules for tracking the motions of the sun and the moon.
		Lagadha praises astronomy as the crowning subject in the ancillary Vedic sciences.
		Lagadha, See also, Hindu mathematicians, Indian astronomers, Indian mathematicians, Ancient mathematicians and Ancient astronomers.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Lagadha (97 words)

	Indian science - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Yajnavalkya (perhaps 1800 BC) advanced a 95-year cycle to synchronize the motions of the sun and the moon.
		A text on Vedic astronomy that has been dated to 1350 BC, was written by Lagadha.
		In 500 AD, Aryabhata presented a mathematical system that took the earth to spin on its axis and considered the motions of the planets with respect to the sun (in other words it was heliocentric).
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Indian_science (417 words)

	Vedic Astronomy
		However, at the time of composing Vedanga Jyotishya Lagadha put Shravishta at 270 degrees from spring equinox or the winter solstice.
		The issue of precise location of Shravishta and Aslesha, as declared by Vedanga Jyotishya, as being the same as contemporary Jyotishya definitions is open to debate for some.
		Every degree error in correctly identifying Lagadha’s Shravishta, results in an error of 71 years in estimation of his time.
	www.vedicastronomy.net /vedanga_timeantiquity.htm (0 words)

	Lagadha - Information at Halfvalue.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Vedanga Jyotisha, is an Indian text on Jyotisha (Hindu astronomy), redacted by Lagadha (à¤²à¤—à¤§).
		The text describes rules for tracking the motions of the sun and the moon.
		In the Vedanga Jyotisha Lagadha praises astronomy as the crowning subject in the ancillary Vedic studies.
	www.halfvalue.com /wiki.jsp?topic=Lagadha (170 words)

	info: Lagadha (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Panchang.comLagadha, Vedanga Jyotish of Lagadha in Rg & Yajur Veda, circa 137 Mahesvaracarya, Vrttasatakabhidho muhurtagranthah Makarandacarya, Srimanmakarandacaryapranita-Makaranda Sarani Prthuyasas
		Documents For An Access Point2: Sarma, K.V. Vedanga jyotisa of lagadha: In its rk and yajus recensions with the translation and notes of Prof.
		Science After AryabhattaFor example, although Yajnavalkya and Lagadha describe considerable astronomy, we do not know if this was developed by them or they merely summarized what was then well known.
	www.napoli-pizza.net /Lagadha.html (431 words)

	Astronomy in Ancient India - Crystalinks
		Yajnavalkya (perhaps 1800 BC) advanced a 95-year cycle to synchronize the motions of the sun and the moon.A text on Vedic astronomy that has been dated to 1350 BC, was written by Lagadha.
		The Vedanga Jyotisha, a text on Vedic astrology that has been dated to 1350 BC, was written by Lagadha.
		It describes rules for tracking the motions of the Sun and the Moon, and also develops the use of geometry and trigonometry for astronomical uses.
	www.crystalinks.com /indiastronomy.html (2904 words)

	Science After Aryabhatta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In the earliest period of Indian science, it is exceptional when we know the authorship of a text or an idea.
		For example, although Yajnavalkya and Lagadha describe considerable astronomy, we do not know if this was developed by them or they merely summarized what was then well known.
		Likewise we are not sure of the individual contributions in the Shulba Sutras--- of Baudhayana, Apastamba, and other authors--- which describe geometry, or in Pingala's Chhandahsutra which shows how to count in a binary manner.
	www.hindunet.org /science_after_aryabhatta/index.htm (1186 words)

	History of Astronomy...Astroppo.com
		Yajnavalkya (perhaps 1800 BC) advanced a 95-year cycle to synchronize the motions of the sun and the moon.
		A text on Vedic astrology that has been dated to 1350 BC, was written by Lagadha.
		In 500 AD, Aryabhata presented a mathematical system that took the earth to spin on its axis and considered the motions of the planets with respect to the sun.
	www.astroppo.com /historyastronomy.html (0 words)

	Learn more about Lagadha in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
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	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /l/la/lagadha.html (107 words)

	Vedic Astronomy
		The goal is to analyze the same using modern astronomical tools to arrive at time antiquity, uniqueness and a better understanding.
		For those interested in Vedic Astronomy, a very old and significant Vedic work is Vedanga Jyotishya by Lagadha from circa 1400 BC.
		This article provides a graphic picture of material in Vedanga Jyotishya based on work by Kuppanna Sastry
	www.vedicastronomy.net (759 words)

	History on Podium: Varahamihira, a Great Iranic astronomer
		Moreover, the name "Lagadha", the legendary author of Vedanga Jyotisha, has no Indo-European etymology, and is phonetically of Dravidian origin: "...
		Interestingly, the name [Lagadha] appears to be quite peculiar and it seems that it is not Sanskritic at all]." (Chattopadhyaya 1986, vol.I, p.266).
		Hence, what is often termed as "Vedic astronomy" or "Vedic astrology" is a misnomer; the ancient Vedic astronomy of the Vedanga Jyotisha is Harappan and hence should correctly be termed "Afro-Dravidian astronomy", whilst later "Vedic astronomy" should be termed "Iranic astronomy".
	www.iranchamber.com /podium/history/030812_varahamihira_iranic_astronomer.php (2840 words)

	Development of Astronomy between the Vedanga (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The development of the early phases of Indian astronomy must be viewed in the context of a long pre-history.
		Veda˙nga Jyotisa (VJ) of Lagadha (1300 BC) is one of the subsidiary Vedic texts, so its contents must be considered to be roughly coeval with the Brahman.
		Being the standard manual for determination of the Vedic rites, Lagadha’s work must have served as a “living” text where the language got modified to a later form.
	subhashkak.voiceofdharma.com /articles/jyot.htm (8496 words)

	mrwalker's Home Page - Chios (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Lagadha is a nice little seaside village and sampling some delicious octopus here is maybe the most interesting part of the walk.
		To find the river bed from the bus stop in the village the easiest way was to just round the village on the continuing road, then walk back towards Aghrelopos on the main road.
		Compared to Lagadha the small village of Kardhamila looks rather scruffy and uninteresting.
	home.bredband.no /harhau/islandwalking/chios.html (1366 words)

	Geometry
		Computations of π, with the closest being correct to 2 decimal places.
		Lagadha (circa 1350-1200) was probably the earliest known mathematician to have used geometry and trigonometry for astronomy.
		Yajnavalkya (9th century BC) composed the Shatapatha Brahmana, which contains geometric aspects, including several computations of π, with the closest being correct to 2 decimal places (the most accurate value of π up to that time), and gives a rule implying knowledge of the Pythagorean theorem.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/g/ge/geometry.html (4428 words)

	Abera Verlag \| Landkarten/Stadtpläne
		The new map depicts many more older footpaths and also includes Mt Kirfi, which footpath 22 crosses on its way towards Elikonas.
		A long narrow ridgeline for most of its length, that begins at the pass of Lagadha and ends at Itilo with a number of branches mainly on the western side.
		Over the last few years the mountaineers club of Sparti (EOS) have laid a network of very well marked footpaths covering the central part of this mountain.
	www.abera.de /buecher_karten_europa_suedosteuropa_griechenland_landkarten_stadtplaene_2.htm (552 words)

	Legends as Models of Science
		To give just one example, the total number of verses in all the Vedas is 20,358 which equals 261 x 78, a product of the sky and atmosphere numbers of Vedic ritual!
		The second millennium text Vedanga Jyotisha of Lagadha went beyond the earlier calendrical astronomy to develop a theory for the mean motions of the sun and the moon.
		This marked the beginnings of the application of mathematics to the motions of the heavenly bodies.
	www.indianscience.org /essays/t_es_kak-s_history.shtml (1953 words)

	Concept and Perceptions of Eclipses in Hindu Mythology
		It can perhaps be interpreted that only these people knew how to predict the duration of a total solar eclipse.
		One of the six Upavedas or Vedangas, namely the Vedanga Jyotisa, supposedly composed by Rishi Lagadha around 1300 B.C., makes no mention of the eclipse calculations, even though the concepts of astronomical time divisions are present in great detail.
		It is also to be noted that Rahu is nowhere mentioned in the Rig, Sama and Yajurveda.
	members.tripod.com /~rajkumarparashari/eclipse/mythology.htm (1708 words)

	India's schoolbook histories
		Most readers of this column will have heard only one or two names of the greatest Indian scientists and mathematicians: Lagadha, Baudhayana, Panini, Pingala, Aryabhata, Bhaskara, Madhava, Nilakantha, whose ideas have shaped the world.
		Lagadha wrote the first astronomical text in 1300 BC.
		Baudhayana (800 BC) gave the 'Pythagoras theorem' centuries before the Greek.
	www.rediff.com /news/2003/aug/22kak.htm (1076 words)

	Science and Technology in Epics
		It has often been said that the philosophers of the Vedic and later times knew about quantum mechanics, gauge theory, unified field theory and so on which the theoretical physicists of today are grappling with.
		The third argument brings forth examples of old tests like the Vedanga Jyotisha attributed to Lagadha which has astronomical discussions relating to the solar system, the Shalbha Sutra containing geometric ideas, and the Charaka and Sushruta Samhitas which contain ideas on medicine and surgery.
		Thus Lagadha should be studied with as much care as his (much) later descendents like Aryabhatta (fifth century A.D.) and Bhaskara (12th century A.D.).
	tabish.freeshell.org /vedas.html (0 words)

	Amazon.com: Lagadha (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		of the core of astronomer Lagadha's Vednga-Jyotish, as suggested by astronomical...
		older and ascribed to a Lagadha belonging to the fifth century...
		_Tholier Berg by ~~ Knigreich \lagadha in In- dies ((lie AViege...
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