[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) › c4.s3.33 # Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c4.s3.33 Jyotiḥśāstra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c4.s3.33 - **Language:** English ### [c4.s3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c4.s3.33) Śatānanda composed the Bhāsvatī,¹³⁷ a \*karaṇa\* following the Ārdharātrikapakṣa, allegedly at Puruṣottama (Puri in Orissa), in 1099. He claims to follow the SS as taught by (Varāha)mihira, but offers far more than is found in the PS; the B is sometimes entitled Pañcasiddhāntikā after its source. As is the case with many of these \*karaṇas\*, there are numerous recensions of the B; some manuscripts add an Uttarabhāsvatī. The principle commentaries are those composed by Aniruddha¹³⁸ (Śiśubodhinī) at Benares in 1495; by Gaṇapati¹³⁹ (Vivṛti) in Bengal in about 1500; by Mādhava¹⁴⁰ (Mādhavī) at Kānyakubja in 1525; by Acyuta¹⁴¹ (Ratnamālā) in the 1530’s, probably in Bengal; by Balabhadra¹⁴² (Bālabodhinī) at Umānagara in Jumilādeśa, Nepāla, in 1543; by Kuvera Miśra¹⁴³ (Ṭīkā) in 1685; by Gaṅgādhara¹⁴⁴ (Udāhṛti) in 1685; by Rāmakṛṣṇa (Tattvaprakāśikā) in 1739; by Kamalanayana¹⁴⁵ in about 1740(?), probably in Mithilā; and by Yogīndra in 1742, apparently also in Mithilā. The distribution of the B’s manuscripts and its commentators demonstrates its popularity in North and Northeast India and in Nepal. - [Previous: c4.s3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c4.s3.32) - [Next: c4.s3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c4.s3.34) - [Up: c4.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c4.s3) ## Linked texts (4) - [Sūryasiddhānta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.siddhanta.early.suryasiddhanta) — Maya, Sanskrit - [Ratnamālā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.ratnamala) — Sanskrit - [Pañcasiddhāntikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.siddhanta.early.pancasiddhantika) — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit - [Bhāsvatī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.siddhanta.karana.bhasvati) — Śatānanda, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c4.s3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c4.s3.33) · Pramāṇa