[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) › c7.13 # Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c7.13 Jyotiḥśāstra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c7.13 - **Language:** English ### [c7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c7.13) The following authors of \*jātaka\* works seem to have written in the fourth or fifth century since they were quoted in the sixth by Varāhamihira: Maya,⁸ Yavana, Maṇittha⁹ (Μανέθων), and Śaktipūrva (Parāśara)¹⁰ are cited on the maximum length of human life (BJ 7, 1); on the same subject of \*āyurdāya\* he cites Devasvāmin,¹¹ Viṣṇugupta (Cāṇakya¹²), and Siddhasena (BJ 7, 7); and Jīvaśarman¹³ is mentioned concerning \*āyurdāya\* (BJ 7, 9) and \*rājayogas\* (BJ 11, 1). Also earlier than Varāhamihira was a \*jātaka\* work by Bādarāyaṇa,¹⁴ though it is not clear whether or not the extant \*Bhāvādhyāya\*¹⁵ was a part of this, and another by Māṇḍavya.¹⁶ - [Previous: c7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c7.12) - [Next: c7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c7.14) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c7) ## Linked texts (1) - [Bṛhajjātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.brhajjataka.7.7) — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c7.13) · Pramāṇa