Book ID: CBB943475768

Manuale di astrologia dell’India antica. Brihat Samhita (2023)

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Varahamihira (Author)
Lucio Marcato (Editor)
Annamaria Dallaporta (Translator)


Annamaria Dallaporta
Luni Editrice


Publication Date: 2023
Physical Details: 496 pp.
Language: Italian

La Brihat Samhita o “Grande Raccolta”, manuale di astrologia dell’India antica, venne composta da Varahamihira, uno dei massimi astronomi-astrologi del suo tempo. Nell’opera confluirono, insieme agli studi dell’autore, le conoscenze tradizionali attribuite ai saggi del passato ordinate e sistemate in 106 capitoli e 2790 strofe, così divise per poter essere consultate dagli astrologi e studiate da chi si apprestava a diventarlo, come un vero e proprio manuale d’uso quotidiano. Il Manuale, benché noto agli indologi dalla seconda metà del XIX secolo ma praticamente sconosciuto al lettore italiano, viene proposto in questa versione curata da Annamaria Dallaporta e Lucio Marcato sulla scia di altri trattati e manuali considerati imprescindibili per la conoscenza dell’India antica. In Occidente, nonostante la diffidenza di stampo post-illuminista riservata all’astrologia, molti studiosi di prim’ordine dalla fine del XIX secolo hanno indagato la natura, la struttura e la stratificazione dei significati dell’astrologia antica, che consideravano come il tentativo essenziale dell’umanità di elaborare un rapporto con il Cosmo. Questo libro, se da un lato è un vero e proprio manuale di astrologia per comprendere le vicissitudini quotidiane spesso oscure che capitano a tutti gli uomini, dall’altro lato è una “finestra” aperta sulla vita di corte dell’India dell’Impero Gupta. [Abstract translated by DeepL Translator: This is the abstract in English… The Brihat Samhita or "Great Collect," a handbook of astrology from ancient India, was composed by Varahamihira, one of the greatest astronomer-astrologers of his time. Into the work flowed, along with the author's own studies, the traditional knowledge attributed to the sages of the past sorted and arranged in 106 chapters and 2790 stanzas, so divided so that it could be consulted by astrologers and studied by those about to become astrologers, like a veritable manual for daily use. The Manual, although known to Indologists since the second half of the 19th century but virtually unknown to the Italian reader, is offered in this version edited by Annamaria Dallaporta and Lucio Marcato in the wake of other treatises and manuals considered indispensable for knowledge of ancient India. In the West, despite the post-Enlightenment mistrust reserved for astrology, many first-rate scholars since the late 19th century have investigated the nature, structure, and layering of meanings of ancient astrology, which they regarded as humanity's essential attempt to work out a relationship with the Cosmos. While this book is a veritable handbook of astrology for understanding the often obscure daily vicissitudes that befall all men, it is also an open "window" into the court life of the India of the Gupta Empire.]

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Authors & Contributors
Caterina Guenzi
Misra, Anuj
Daugherty, Tracy
Rodda, Giordano
Tang, Quan
Shylaja, B. S.
Concepts
Astronomy
Cosmology
Astrology
India, civilization and culture
Primary literature (historical sources)
Science and literature
Time Periods
Ancient
Medieval
Renaissance
16th century
Early modern
20th century
Places
India
Greece
China
Europe
Rome (Italy)
Middle and Near East
Institutions
Banaras Hindu University
British Astronomical Association
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