[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) › c7.99 # Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c7.99 Jyotiḥśāstra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c7.99 - **Language:** English ### [c7.99](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c7.99) verses from the BJ⁷² and even from the H.⁷³ In general, his astrology seems more developed than that of Śrīpati; but a more exhaustive search of the relevant texts is necessary before one can establish a firm terminus post quem for the JPJ; the terminus ante, ca. 1450, is provided by the quotations in Śivarāja’s Jyotirnibandha. At some time after Vaidyanātha, whose work he uses,⁷⁴ Mantreśvara⁷⁵ wrote a Phaladīpikā⁷⁶ at Śrīśālivaṭi (Tinnevelly). In twenty-eight adhyāyas he covers the main topics of jātaka; adhyāya 24 describes the aṣṭakavarga of Horāsāra 17. - [Previous: c7.98](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c7.98) - [Next: c7.100](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c7.100) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c7) ## Linked texts (3) - [Bṛhajjātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.brhajjataka) — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit - [Jyotirnibandha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.jyotisa.jyotirnibandha) — Śivarāja, Sanskrit - [Phaladīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.daksina.phaladipika) — Mantreśvara, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c7.99](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c7.99) · Pramāṇa