On Sat, Jun 29, 2019 at 5:34 PM Dominik Wujastyk via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:
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This is valid, incidentally: the mathematics of Ptolemy works rather well as a predictive model for planetary and celestial predictions.

Good point and  Ptolemy's astronomical mathematical methodology (epicycles) can be used to match any orbit in space to any accuracy.

Harry Spier 


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Professor Dominik Wujastyk
,

Singhmar Chair in Classical Indian Society and Polity
,

University of Alberta, Canada
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South Asia at the U of A:
 
sas.ualberta.ca


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