[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Islamic world](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl) › [Arabic](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar) › [Indian arithmetic and astronomy in Arabic](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.hisab) › المدخل الكبير الى علم احكام النجوم # المدخل الكبير الى علم احكام النجوم (المدخل الكبير إلى علم أحكام النجوم) The Great Introduction to Astrology Book 6 describes the images of the decans 'according to the Indians' (the Indian drekkāṇa), a principal channel of Indian iconography of the decans to the Latin West. - **Language:** Arabic - **Date:** 848 CE - **Author:** [Abū Maʿshar al-Balkhī](https://indike.org/pramana/person/abu-mashar) - **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry) ## Mentions - [Bṛhajjātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.brhajjataka) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.hisab.abu-mashar-mudkhal](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.hisab.abu-mashar-mudkhal) · Pramāṇa