[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) › c6.23 # Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c6.23 Jyotiḥśāstra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c6.23 - **Language:** English ### [c6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c6.23) Several of the works associated with Garga contain sections on meteorological predictions, and particularly on the prediction of the rains. A separate work on that subject attributed to Garga, the Meghamālā,¹⁷ has also been preserved. The phenomena utilized include winds, clouds, mock Suns (pratisūrya), halos, violent storms, and eclipses. Another Meghamālā is ascribed to Śiva. To Garga is also attributed a work on a form of divination also known in Mesopotamia, that from falling lizards. It bears several titles, all variations on Pallisaraṭapatanavidhāna.¹⁸ Similar texts are ascribed to other ṛṣis such as Śaunaka. - [Previous: c6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c6.22) - [Next: c6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c6.24) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c6) ## Linked texts (1) - [Meghamālā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.sakuna.meghamala) — Megharāja Muni 1735, Hindi --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c6.23) · Pramāṇa