[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.s3.43 # Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c4.s3.43 Jyotiḥśāstra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c4.s3.43 - **Language:** English ### [c4.s3.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c4.s3.43) But a more popular \*karaṇa\* in West and Northwest India is the Karaṇakutūhala¹⁴⁶ composed by Bhāskara in the Sahyādri in accordance with the Brāhmapakṣa; its epoch is 23 February 1183. There are commentaries composed by Ekanātha¹⁴⁷ (Brahmatulyabhāṣya) at Mahāṇḍanagara, apparently in West India, in about 1370; by Padmanābha¹⁴⁸ (Nārmadī), probably also in West India, in about 1400; by Viśvanātha (Brahmatulyodāharaṇa) at Benares in 1612; and by Sumatiharṣa Gaṇi (Gaṇakakumudakaumudī) near the Vindhyādri in 1621. The Karaṇakutūhalatīkā of Soḍhala was composed before 1462, the date of its unique manuscript copy,¹⁴⁹ and that of Caṇḍīdāsa¹⁵⁰ before 1658. There is a set of planetary tables, the Brahmatulyasāriṇī,¹⁵¹ based on the KK. - [Previous: c4.s3.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c4.s3.42) - [Next: c4.s3.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c4.s3.44) - [Up: c4.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c4.s3) ## Linked texts (1) - [Karaṇakutūhala](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.siddhanta.karana.karanakutuhala) — Bhāskara II, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c4.s3.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c4.s3.43) · Pramāṇa