[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) › c6.97 # Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c6.97 Jyotiḥśāstra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c6.97 - **Language:** English ### [c6.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c6.97) Contemporaneously with the three authors from Saurāṣṭra the Mahārājādhirāja of Bengal from ca. 1159 till 1178, Ballālasena,⁷⁷ began his Adbhutasāgara⁷⁸ in 1168; it was completed by his son and successor, Lakṣmaṇasena, who ruled Bengal from ca. 1178 till 1200. It deals with most of the celestial, atmospheric, and terrestrial omens in a comprehensive fashion, and is the next most popular text in this field after the BS. A similar text, which is probably at least in part dependent on Ballālasena’s, is the Adbhutadarpaṇa of Mādhava.⁷⁹ - [Previous: c6.96](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c6.96) - [Next: c6.98](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c6.98) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c6) ## Linked texts (2) - [Adbhutasāgara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.adbhuta.adbhutasagara) — Ballālasena & Lakṣmaṇasena, Sanskrit - [Adbhutadarpaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.rama.adbhutadarpana) — Mahādeva 1600, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c6.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c6.97) · Pramāṇa