Episode 4 Indian Explorations of the Cosmos

my tribute to Indian Astronomers, Cosmologists, Musicians and Creators of Hindu traditions.

Includes a discussion about the measurement of time. Astronomy in rigveda. Music in Vedic texts.

A preview of the Telescope Timeline.

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sources used:

Astronomy in rigveda & The Jyotisa Vedang; https://explorable.com/indian-astronomy

the Vedic Period: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedic_period

https://archive.org/details/VedangaJyotisha/page/n19/mode/2up?view=theater

https://www.wtamu.edu/~cbaird/sq/2013/08/28/when-do-the-planets-in-our-solar-system-all-line-up/

and https://www.livescience.com/2022-peak-planetary-alignment

Vedanga Jyotisha:

https://www.hindu-blog.com/2019/02/lagadha-maharishi-hindu-astronomer.html

about Yuga: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuga#:~:text=A%20yuga%2C%20in%20Hinduism%2C%20is,(joining%20of%20two%20things).

measuring time… https://nrich.maths.org/6070

What is Time? https://physics.mit.edu/news/the-challenge-of-measuring-time/

music of the vedic texts…

https://www.chandraveena.com/blog/history-of-indian-music/

Basic concepts of Aadi Tal (Indian drumming rhythms): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbKOT4mVxpw

Contemporary Indian Space Program: https://www.planetary.org/space-missions/chandrayaan-1

a preview of the Telescope Timeline, I’d like to share this Nice history of telescopes

https://interestingengineering.com/science/a-brief-history-of-the-telescope-from-1608-to-gamma-rays

for next Episode: Nancy Grace Roman Will be Launching on a Falcon Heavy Rocket

Text of the podcast will be available later in the week.

The image of the ISRO rocket launch can be found on NASA.gov here https://images.nasa.gov/details-KSC-08pd3405