[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) › c6.71 # Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c6.71 Jyotiḥśāstra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c6.71 - **Language:** English ### [c6.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c6.71) Al-Bīrūnī, in his India (14), lists the names of seven authors of \*saṃhitās\*: Māṇḍavya,⁵⁶ Parāśara, Garga, Brahman,⁵⁷ Balabhadra, Divyatattva,⁵⁸ and Varāhamihira. Of these authors, Balabhadra and Divyatattva are not known from Sanskrit sources to have composed \*saṃhitās\*, though there is an Adbhutataraṅgiṇī on omens by a Balabhadra.⁵⁹ - [Previous: c6.70](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c6.70) - [Next: c6.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c6.72) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c6.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c6.71) · Pramāṇa