[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) › c6.10.2 # Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c6.10.2 Jyotiḥśāstra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c6.10.2 - **Language:** English ### [c6.10.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c6.10.2) actions to be accomplished when the Moon is in each nakṣatra (pp. 81–98; in verse); a similar description of actions to be undertaken when the Moon is in one of seven categories of nakṣatras¹² (pp. 98–99; mixed prose and verse); prognostications from the nakṣatra occupied by the Moon on the occasion of an earthquake and from other phenomena associated with earthquakes (pp. 108–123; in verse); the course of a disease that begins when the Moon is in each nakṣatra (pp. 123–128; in verse); in how long a period of time a prisoner will be released if he is bound when the Moon is in each nakṣatra (pp. 128–129); and the fate of a woman depending on the part of her body that bears a tilaka (pp. 129–132; in verse). All of this material was translated into Chinese by Chu Lüh-yen and Che K'ien in the Kingdom of Wu in about 250, and most of it by Dharmarakṣa at Lo-yan in about 300.¹³ Before the Śārdūlakarṇāvadāna had been translated into Tibetan by Ajitaśrībhadra and Śākyaprabha in about 864 there had been added to it a second chapter on the native born as the Moon is in each nakṣatra (nakṣatrajanmaguṇa) (pp. 132–135; in verse). At an even later date the Sanskrit text was expanded by the addition of a number of chapters on omens, most of which are in verse. Their subjects include utpātas—primarily celestial or atmospheric phenomena affecting or associated with the Sun or the Moon in specific nakṣatras and/or months or pakṣas (pp. 136–147); - [Previous: c6.10.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c6.10.1) - [Next: c6.10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c6.10.3) - [Up: c6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c6.10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c6.10.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c6.10.2) · Pramāṇa