Venketeswara R Pai
Biographic Data
| ID | 10068813 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Venketeswara R Pai |
| GIVEN NAMES | Venketeswara R |
| FAMILY NAME | Pai |
| SIGNATURE | PAI V R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4736-1060 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Tithinirṇaya
Tithinirṇaya is a celebrated astronomical text of the Mādhva tradition, intended primarily to assist in computing the appropriate days for observing a religious fast. For this purpose, it prescribes a procedure to obtain the tithi at sunrise for an observer located at latitude (φ) near 12.780. This work supplies a translation of the text along with mathematical and geometric rationales for the astronomical algorithms presented therein, which are …
Unambiguous Identification of the Star Ārdrā
The names of the stars in old Indian texts are listed in the manuals for the use of astrolabes—for example in the Yantrarāja, Sarvasiddhāntarāja and Yantra Kiraṇāvalī— with coordinates and magnitudes. They were forgotten and the names of the stars too were forgotten, leading to confusion in the identification of stars in recent years. Betelgeuse is omitted in the list of 27 bright stars in the old texts. Recent studies have associated it with Ārd…
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Unambiguous Identification of the Star Ārdrā
The names of the stars in old Indian texts are listed in the manuals for the use of astrolabes—for example in the Yantrarāja, Sarvasiddhāntarāja and Yantra Kiraṇāvalī— with coordinates and magnitudes. They were forgotten and the names of the stars too were forgotten, leading to confusion in the identification of stars in recent years. Betelgeuse is omitted in the list of 27 bright stars in the old texts. Recent studies have associated it with Ārd…
Tithinirṇaya
Tithinirṇaya is a celebrated astronomical text of the Mādhva tradition, intended primarily to assist in computing the appropriate days for observing a religious fast. For this purpose, it prescribes a procedure to obtain the tithi at sunrise for an observer located at latitude (φ) near 12.780. This work supplies a translation of the text along with mathematical and geometric rationales for the astronomical algorithms presented therein, which are …
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