[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) › c6.44 # Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c6.44 Jyotiḥśāstra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c6.44 - **Language:** English ### [c6.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c6.44) The Bṛhatsaṃhitā³⁶ itself is the classical work on \*saṃhitā\*. It is divided in different editions into 106 or 107 \*adhyāyas\*,³⁷ which cover most of the topics of the GS.³⁸ The remaining topics include: the moral, physical, and intellectual attributes of an astrologer (BS 2; cf. YJ 51, 12–20); the motion of Ursa Maior (Saptarṣis) (BS 13); the characteristics of the years belonging to each of the planets (BS 19; see YJ 78, 11–17); on sudden rainstorms (BS 28); on flowers and creepers (BS 29); on the “burning of the directions” (BS 31; see Pariśiṣṭa LVIII); on rainbows (\*indrāyudha\*; BS 35); on the Gandharva cities formed by clouds (BS 36); on mock Suns (BS 37); on the ripening of grain (BS 39); on the objects associated with each zodiacal sign (BS 40; see YJ 4); on the fluctuation of prices (\*arghakāṇḍa\*; BS 41); on the lustration of arms (\*nīrājana\*; BS 43); on wagtails (BS 44; see Śārdūlakarṇāvadāna, pp. 166–167); on the Puṣya ablution (BS 47); on honorary turbans (\*paṭṭa\*; BS 48); on swords (\*khaḍga\*; BS 49); on boils or pimples (BS 51; see Śārdūlakarṇāvadāna, pp. 151–154); on arbori- - [Previous: c6.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c6.43) - [Next: c6.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c6.45) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c6) ## Linked texts (3) - [Bṛhatsaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.rsi.brhatsamhita) — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit - [Vṛddhayavanajātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.vrddhayavanajataka) — Mīnarāja, Sanskrit - [Śārdūlakarṇāvadāna](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.divyavadana.sardulakarnavadana) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c6.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c6.44) · Pramāṇa