Article ID: CBB000058113

Varāhamihira's pandiagonal magic squares of the order four (1987)

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Description “I have demonstrated in this paper that Varāhamihira (ca. 550), an Indian authority of astronomy, astrology, and divination, utilized a pandiagonal magic square of 16 cells in prescribing how to prepare perfumes from 16 original substances. I have also...suggested a probable historical link between Indian and Islamic magic squares.”


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Authors & Contributors
Sesiano, Jacques
Varahamihira
Karpenko, Vladimír
Lucio Marcato
Annamaria Dallaporta
Singh, Avadhesh Narayan
Journals
Sudhoffs Archiv: Zeitschrift fuer Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Arabisch-Islamischen Wissenschaften
Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft
Renaissance and Modern Studies
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
Journal for the History of Arabic Science
Publishers
Luni Editrice
Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes
Munksgaard
Les Belles Lettres
Brown University
Concepts
Number theory; number concept
Magic squares
Ecdotics; source study (methodology)
Clocks and Watches
Time-signals
India, civilization and culture
People
Varahamihira
Nārāyanpandita
Pascal, Blaise
Moschopoulos, Manuel
Dürer, Albrecht
Abū al-Wafā' al-Būzajānī
Time Periods
Gupta Empire (Early 4th century CE to late 6th century CE)
Renaissance
Medieval
20th century, early
19th century
17th century
Places
Australia
India
Institutions
Forschungszentrum Jülich
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