Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c7.s1.8

c7.s1.8

A relatively short text on *tājika* in seventy-three verses is the Varṣaphala¹²⁵ attributed to Maṇittha,¹²⁶ whose name, which is that of the ancient Greek authority on *jātaka* (Μανέθων), was inspired by the Arabic technical term *muntahan*, which occurs in Sanskrit as *munthahā*. The earliest dated manuscript was copied in 1475. To a large extent based on the Varṣaphala is the Tājikamaṇi¹²⁷ completed in eighty-five verses by Mahīdhara at Vārāṇasī in 1585. Both these works are on the topic of anniversary horoscopes (*hāyana* or *varṣaphala*), which became a very prominent feature of *tājika*.