[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) › c6.76 # Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c6.76 Jyotiḥśāstra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c6.76 - **Language:** English ### [c6.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c6.76) Vasantarāja composed his \*Śakunārṇava\*⁶⁰ at or near Vārāṇasī in the 1090's since he dedicated it to the Gāhaḍavāla Candradeva (ca. 1089–1103). In a verse toward the beginning (1, 27) he names as his predecessors Atri, Garga, Guru (Bṛhaspati), Śukra (Bhṛgu), Vasiṣṭha, Vyāsa, Kautsa (perhaps Aṅgiras⁶¹), Bhṛgu, and Gautama.⁶² Its twenty \*vargas\* give omens from the cries and movements of birds and animals. A \*ṭīkā\* was written by Bhānucandra Gaṇi⁶³ of the Tāpāgaccha in about 1559 in the empire of Akbar (1556–1605); it was edited by Bhānucandra's pupil, Siddhicandra. - [Previous: c6.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c6.75) - [Next: c6.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c6.77) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c6.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c6.76) · Pramāṇa