[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) › c7.34 # Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c7.34 Jyotiḥśāstra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c7.34 - **Language:** English ### [c7.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.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\*). - [Previous: c7.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c7.33) - [Next: c7.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c7.35) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c7) ## Linked texts (2) - [Bṛhajjātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.brhajjataka) — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit - [Laghujātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.laghujataka) — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c7.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c7.34) · Pramāṇa