[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.1978 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1978 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1978 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1978](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1978) VARĀHA MIHĪRA. An astronomer who was one of “the nine gems” of the court of Vikramāditya. (\*See\* Nava-ratna.) He was author of \*Brihat-sanhitā\* and \*Brihaj-jātaka\*. His death is placed in Saka 509 (A.D. 587). - [Previous: c5.1977](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1977) - [Next: c5.1979](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1979) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (2) - [Bṛhatsaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.rsi.brhatsamhita) — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit - [Bṛhajjātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.brhajjataka) — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1978](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1978) · Pramāṇa