siddhanta

Lastly Sanskrit is also the language of many secular works like Siddhanta Shiromani, Sushruta Samhita, Kama Sutra or Abhigyanashakuntalam.

Another, Paulisha Siddhanta is a literal translation of Paulus of Alexandrias’ commentary on the Syntaxis of Ptolemy.

An example from my personal experience is Saiva Siddhanta that recommends couples remain married and only separate in cases of abuse.

To my knowledge, Siddhanta and Aryabhata calculated the motion of celestial bodies remarkably early.

Generally people don’t approach panini vyakaran directly but rather through a text such as the siddhanta kaumudi or laghu siddhanta kaumudi which are the panini sutras reordered with the ancient commentaries of patanjali and katyayan.

The Surya Siddhanta predates Galileo by more than a millenia.

I follow Saiva Siddhanta which heavily incorporates Vedanta.

You might find this paper interesting: > Fundamental awareness: A framework for integrating science, philosophy and metaphysics [1] Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami recently quoted it and said it very much lines up with the Saiva Siddhanta perspective.

According to Jayant Narlikar, one of the manuscripts of the Surya Siddhanta mentions the deva Surya telling the asura Maya to travel to ancient Rome, representing the Greco-Roman world, where Surya would reveal astronomical knowledge in the form of a Yavana (lit.

It was followed by other works of Western origin which greatly influenced Indian astrology: the Paulisa Siddhanta ("Doctrine of Paul"), and the Romaka Siddhanta ("Doctrine of the Romans").

Today Brahmanas like me mostly do not study these but a 15th century reorganization called Siddhanta Kaumudi ("Moonlight of the Correct Principles") by Bhattoji Dikshita (or abridged versions thereof.) but nevertheless the formal grammar set by muni traya ("three sages") Panini, Katyayana, and Patanjali define what is Sanskrit.

It is mentioned in Surya Siddhanta[3] [..] The influence of Greek ideas on early medieval era Indian astronomical theories, particularly zodiac symbols (astrology), is broadly accepted by scholars.

In schools of thought such as Saiva Siddhanta, the manifest universe is created with the express objective of providing a platform for souls to move through and work out their issues before achieving enlightenment.