The Romaka Siddhanta (Sanskrit: रोमकसिद्धान्त, romanized: Romaka Siddhānta), literally "The Doctrine of the Romans", is one of the five siddhantas (doctrine or tradition) mentioned in Varahamihira's Panchasiddhantika which is an Indian astronomical treatise.
Romaka Siddhanta is based on the astronomical learning of the Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire.[1][2]
The RomakaSiddhanta (Sanskrit: रोमकसिद्धान्त, romanized: RomakaSiddhānta), literally "The Doctrine of the Romans", is one of the five siddhantas (doctrine...
Vedanga Jyotisha), the Paulisha and RomakaSiddhantas (directly based on Hellenistic astronomy) and the Vasishtha Siddhanta. Johnson, W. J. (2009-02-12). A...
named and summarised: Paulīśa-siddhānta, Romaka-siddhānta, Vasiṣṭha-siddhānta, Sūrya-siddhānta, and Paitāmaha-siddhānta.: 50 Most scholars place the...
covers 100 years. The theories propounded in the two scriptures, Surya Siddhanta and Grahalaghava formed the basis for the myriad calendars or Panchāngas...
was an Indian mathematician and astronomer, and the author of the Maha-Siddhanta. The numeral II is given to him to distinguish him from the earlier and...
centuries of the Common Era, for example by the Yavanajataka and the RomakaSiddhanta, a Sanskrit translation of a Greek text disseminated from the 2nd century...
greatly influenced Indian astrology: the Paulisa Siddhanta ("Doctrine of Paul") and the RomakaSiddhanta ("Doctrine of the Romans"). However, some Indian...
The Pauliṣa Siddhānta (literally, "The scientific-treatise of Pauliṣa Muni") refers to multiple Indian astronomical treatises "Siddhānta" literally means...
into India." Later in the 6th century, the RomakaSiddhanta ("Doctrine of the Romans"), and the Paulisa Siddhanta (sometimes attributed as the "Doctrine of...
mentions that in 3600 Kali Yuga, 499 CE, he was 23 years old) and the Arya-siddhanta. For his explicit mention of the relativity of motion, he also qualifies...
is given as 4.32 million years, using the same method as in the Surya Siddhanta. Ganitapada (33 verses): covering mensuration (kṣetra vyāvahāra); arithmetic...
Mahabhaskariyabhashya of Govindasvāmi Vivarana – Commentary on Surya Siddhanta and Lilāvati Drgganita – Description of the Drig system (composed in 1431...
Vasishtha Siddhanta is one of the earliest astronomical systems in use in India, which is summarized in Varahamihira's Pancha-siddhantika(6th century)...
solution of the quadratic equation) in his main work, the Brāhma-sphuṭa-siddhānta. Brahmagupta, according to his own statement, was born in 598 CE. Born...
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