Hindu critiques of astrology / jyotiSa
Timothy C. Cahill
tccahill at LOYNO.EDU
Fri Apr 13 03:26:19 UTC 2007
Greetings!
One of my students is interested in researching Hindu perspectives on
astrology. He is especially concerned with finding critiques of astrology,
astrologers or astronomy. We've assembled a basic set of readings that
will allow him to learn the basics of Indian astronomy/astrology, but I'm
not confident that those sources (by D. Pingree, M. Yano, Defouw &
Svoboda, D. Knipe, et al) will provide 'insider' perspectives critical of
astrology. About the only thing I could think of was Stietencron's article
("Religious Configurations in Pre-Muslim India...) in the *Representing
Hinduism* volume, where Somasambhu gives them brief mention. C.
Minkowski's "The Pandit as Public Intellectual" is also on the reading
list, and a colleague has pointed me to an article by Judy Pugh in
Contributions to Indian Sociology. However, I feel that I've yet to supply
my student with a source that documents the type of critique that we get
from someone like Martin Luther in Europe.
This seems like an excellent topic, but I'm a bit stymied! Any help
would be much appreciated! (And apologies for the cross-posting.)
best,
Tim Cahill
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