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At 04:08 PM 9/17/99 -0700, you wrote:
>
>Dear Chandra,
>
>That's a momentous discovery that you have made.
>This word is new to me.
>It might be of interest to know that there are already several concepts
>and facts that were no found in the pre-Copernican Indian astronomical
>system.

Peccavi! I flunked.

Please read the above sentence as
"It might be of interest to know that there were several
concepts and facts that were found in the pre-Copernican
Indian astronomical system.

Regards

Jayabarathi



>It would be surprising that some were discovered (or rediscovered?)
>recently.
>There is a phenomena in which you would still see the sun above the
>horizon, inspite of the fact that it had already in reality, gone below
>it.
>This is due to the refraction caused by the thick atmospheric layer.
>You are seeing through a greater thickness of it because of the acute
>angle of vision.
>This effect is known as "kuvaayu" in Tamil. According to our system,
>the kuvaayu effect is 4 minutes.
>There are also others like Langeran's points, etc.
>Only thing is that we have given certain other names which makes them
>be mistaken for some mythical aspects.
>
>Regards
>
>Jayabarathi
>
>--- "Chandrasekaran, Periannan"
> wrote:
>> I was surprised to note the following entry in the
>> OTL:
>> -------------
>> tugkan2
>> otl tugkan2 tugkan2 1. eminent man; 2. apogee of the
>> moon
>>
>> -----------
>> [apogee being the highest (or farthest) point in the
>> moon's orbit around the
>> earth (apo + gee < geos).]
>>
>> Of course that term is derived from the root word
>> "thungkam" in the sense
>> of "elevation";
>> as evidenced by
>> ----
>> tugkam
>>
>> otl tugkam tugkam 1. height, elevation; 2. tip edge;
>> 3. dignity,
>> exaltedness, excellence; 4. breadth; 5. mounttain;
>> 6. cleanliness, purity;
>> 7. victory
>> ----
>>
>> My question is how old is this term for that
>> concept?
>> Was it already employed in the pre-copernican days
>> for a lunar aspect which
>> was exhibited indirectly by the moon's circulation
>> which is thought to have
>> been unknown to humanity until Copernicus/Kepler?
>>
>>
>> Chandra
>>
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