[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981) › c2.4 # Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c2.4 Jyotiḥśāstra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c2.4 - **Language:** English ### [c2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c2.4) The following pages will show that our knowledge of Indian \*jyotiḥśāstra\* is rather spotty. This is due both to the accidents that cause the preservation (and availability) of one text rather than another, and to the lack of reliable and accurate descriptions of the many unpublished manuscripts. The second disability is being slowly alleviated as CESS progresses; I have generally referred the reader to it, when available, for information about an author, his works, and what modern scholars may have said about them, though I have attempted in all cases to give reasonably complete listings of published editions as they are a useful guide to modern interests. Those modern interests lie overwhelmingly in \*jātaka\*, \*tājika\*, \*muhūrta\*, \*praśna\*, and various forms of divination; classical astronomy and mathematics had virtually ceased to be studied or taught by the end of the nineteenth century. A new group of Indian and foreign scholars has, however, begun to work in these areas since World War II; and, while much is still unfortunately published that is of little or no value, some progress toward an understanding of the origins and developments of these sciences has been made. I hope that this volume will stimulate more serious interest in this field. - [Previous: c2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c2.3) - [Next: c3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c3.2) - [Up: c2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c2.4) · Pramāṇa