Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c7.45

c7.45

A more traditional work, but one of great importance, is the Sārāvalī³⁰ composed by Kalyāṇavarman,³¹ the lord of Vyāghrapadi (Vyāghrataṭi in Bengal), in about 800. Its fifty-four chapters are to a large extent based on the YJ, the VYJ, the BJ, and the BPH,³² though Kalyāṇavarman also quotes (in addition to many astrologers whom we have already mentioned) Citragupta³³ (S 54, 12), Cūḍāmaṇi³⁴ (S 5, 20 and 39, 8), Devakīrti³⁵ (S 37, 1), Brahmaśaṇḍa³⁶ (S 10, 6), who had previously been cited by Varāhamihira (BY 9, 1), and Hari (S 5, 2; 6, 1; and 6, 6). But most important for his date is his mention of Kanaka³⁷ (S 53, 1), who is probably identical with the Kanaka who served as an astrologer in the court of Hārūn al-Rashīd (786–809) in Baghdād and continued to work in Baghdād into the reign of al-Ma’mūn (813–833);³⁸ he was probably still in India till sometime in the 790’s. Other Indian astrologers known to the Arabs during the ‘Abbāsid period include Āryakula,³⁹ Indra,⁴⁰ Ṛṣi,⁴¹ Jitāri,⁴² Jina,⁴³ Rāja, Saṅghadhāra, and Siṅghala. The S itself was known to al-Bīrūnī (India 14).