Dear All, Thank you for the suggestions and images of the equatorium in Indian sources, including those shared privately. I have forwarded them to my colleague, who expresses his sincere appreciation.
Thank you, AJ ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: AJ Misra <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 at 14:28 Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Inquiry on Equatorium and Planetary Diagrams in Sanskrit Sources To: Lubomír Ondračka <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> That's what I suggested to him as well. I am very glad to hear you suggest something similar. Many thanks, AJ On Mon, 31 Mar 2025 at 14:26, Lubomír Ondračka <[email protected]> wrote: > The best place to look for the answer to the first question is Sarma's > incredible catalogue of Indian astronomical instruments (available here: > https://srsarma.in/catalogue.php). > > It does not have equatoria as a separate category, it just lists > different types of astrolabes, but it is definitely worth a closer look. > > L. > > On 31/03/2025 12:54, AJ Misra via INDOLOGY wrote: > > Dear colleagues: > > > > I am asking on behalf of a colleague who is not a member of Indology > > listserv. I have excerpted his email below. > > > > ── > > > > I’m writing to kindly ask whether you’ve come across, in Sanskrit—or > > any other South or East Asian—astronomical or primary sources, any > > description or reference to an astronomical instrument known in > > modern literature as an /equatorium/. > > > > I’m also wondering if you’ve seen any diagrams in Sanskrit texts > > that depict planetary models enclosed by a graduated ecliptic > > circle. 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