[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) › c7.125 # Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c7.125 Jyotiḥśāstra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c7.125 - **Language:** English ### [c7.125](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c7.125) dīpa.⁹⁵ The earliest dated manuscript was copied in 1637, and the latest work to which the author refers is the Saurabhāṣya composed by Nṛsiṃha at Vārāṇasī in 1611; whether or not the two Nṛsiṃha’s are identical cannot as yet be established. Other authorities utilized in the JSD include the YJ, the VYJ, the BJ, the LJ, the S, the HM, and, from a later period, Dāmodara, the Gaurijātaka, the Sūryāruṇasaṃvāda, and works on tājika and hillāja. In 1654 Balabhadra⁹⁶ wrote another gigantic nibandha, the Horāratna,⁹⁷ at the court of Shāh Shujāʿ. Though so late, this is an extremely full and valuable compilation deserving of a critical edition and careful study for its contributions to the histories of the texts from which it has borrowed. - [Previous: c7.124](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c7.124) - [Next: c7.126](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c7.126) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c7) ## Linked texts (5) - [Sārāvalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.saravali) — Kalyāṇavarman, Sanskrit - [Vṛddhayavanajātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.vrddhayavanajataka) — Mīnarāja, Sanskrit - [Bṛhajjātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.brhajjataka) — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit - [Laghujātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.laghujataka) — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit - [Horāratna](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.horaratna) — Balabhadra 1629, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c7.125](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c7.125) · Pramāṇa