Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c7.34

Jyotiḥśāstra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c7.34

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c7.34

Varāhamihira also wrote a summary of the BJ, the *Laghujātaka*,²³ in sixteen *adhyāyas*. There is the inevitable commentary, the *Śiṣyahitā*, written by Bhaṭṭotpala in Kāśmīra in 966; there are also commentaries composed by Maheśvara,²⁴ the father of Bhāskara, in the Sahyādri in ca. 1100; by Ananta²⁵ in 1534; and by Īśvaramiśra²⁶ (*Dīpikā*).

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Bṛhajjātaka — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit
Laghujātaka — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit