[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) › c3.38 # Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c3.38 Jyotiḥśāstra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c3.38 - **Language:** English ### [c3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c3.38) The Āpastamba, which is divided into six \*paṭalas\* and twenty-one \*adhyāyas\* (3 \*adhyāyas\* in \*paṭalas\* 1, 3, and 5, 4 in \*paṭalas\* 2, 4, and 6), presents essentially the same material as does the Baudhāyana, though with fewer variations on the basic forms of the altars, in 223 \*sūtras\*. It was commented on by Kapardisvāmin,²⁴ who apparently lived before 1150 (Kapardibhāṣya); by Karavindasvāmin,²⁵ who has followed Kapardisvāmin (\*Śulbapradīpikā\*) and quotes from the Āryabhaṭīya; by Gopāla²⁶ (\*Rahasyaprakāśa\*); and by Sundararāja, the famous Kerala astronomer of the end of the fifteenth century (Sundararājīya). - [Previous: c3.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c3.37) - [Next: c3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c3.39) - [Up: c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c3) ## Linked texts (3) - [Baudhāyanaśulbasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.sulba.baudhayana) — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit - [Āpastambaśulbasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.sulba.apastamba) — Āpastamba, Sanskrit - [Āryabhaṭīya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.siddhanta.early.aryabhatiya) — Āryabhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c3.38) · Pramāṇa