[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) › c3.36 # Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c3.36 Jyotiḥśāstra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c3.36 - **Language:** English ### [c3.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c3.36) The total number of \*sūtras\* is 519. The work begins with definitions of the measures used in the constructions and the geometrical propositions employed in designing them; there follows a description of the spatial relations in different altars; and finally there come the rules for constructing the \*gārhapatyaciti\* and \*chandaściti\* (\*khaṇḍa\* 7), the \*śyenacit\* (\*khaṇḍas\* 8–9), the \*vakrapakṣa vyastapuccha\* (\*khaṇḍas\* 10–11), the \*kaṅkacit\* (\*khaṇḍa\* 12), the \*ajalacit\* (\*khaṇḍa\* 13), the \*praügacit\* (\*khaṇḍa\* 14), the \*ubhayataḥ praüga\* (\*khaṇḍa\* 15), the \*rathakracit\* (\*khaṇḍa\* 16), the \*droṇacit\* (\*khaṇḍas\* 17–18), the \*śmaśānacit\* (\*khaṇḍa\* 19), and the \*kūrmacit\* (\*khaṇḍas\* 20–21). The Baudhāyana was commented on by Dvārakānātha Yajvan,²³ whose \*Śulbadīpikā\* was composed after Āryabhaṭa, and by Veṅkateśvara Dīkṣita, who wrote his \*Śulbamīmāṃsā\* in the Vijayanagara kingdom in about 1600. - [Previous: c3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c3.35) - [Next: c3.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c3.37) - [Up: c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c3) ## Linked texts (1) - [Baudhāyanaśulbasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.sulba.baudhayana) — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c3.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c3.36) · Pramāṇa