[INDOLOGY] Jesuits on astrology/astrologers in India?

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Dear Martin,

I have been working on a similar subject since some years and I intend 
to write a book (not before 2 or 3 years). Unhappily, I am studying only 
the French part of it, since many French Jesuits were good astronomers 
and either observed the sky in India or got informed there about Indian 
astronomy.
The best sources to begin with are :
Le P.Antoine Gaubil S.J., Correspondance de Pékin 1722-1759, publiée par 
Renée Simon, Droz, Genève, 1970, and
The biographies of Jesuits by Sommervogel, which appeared in many 
volumes. If you are interested by the French connection, I can give you 
a list of names.
I also wrote an article on the European astronomers at the court of Jai 
Singh II (they were Jesuits) in the Journal des Savants, 2013, 
p.175-192.

Best,

Jean Michel


Le 14.11.2019 20:19, Martin Gansten via INDOLOGY a écrit :
> With apologies for cross-posting:
> 
> On behalf of a colleague (not an Indologist/South Asianist) who is
> researching the historical attitudes and practices of Jesuits with
> regard to astrology, particularly in the 16th to 17th century, I
> wonder if list members are aware of Jesuit sources that reference
> astrology or astrologers in India. Thanks in advance for any leads.
> 
> Martin Gansten
> 
> 
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