The Oriental Astronomer: Being a Complete System of Hindu Astronomy, accompanied with a translation and numerous explanatory notes. With an Appendix.

£2,500 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

An unsophisticated copy of this scarce Sri Lankan mission imprint. Originally written in Sanskrit, Parahitam was translated into Tamil by Ul?l?amudaiya¯n. The English translation was done by Henry Richard Hoisington (1801-1858) at the Batticotta Seminary at Jaffna. Hoisington was one of the founding missionaries of the

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