[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.s1.8 # Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c7.s1.8 Jyotiḥśāstra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c7.s1.8 - **Language:** English ### [c7.s1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.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\*. - [Previous: c7.s1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c7.s1.7) - [Next: c7.s1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c7.s1.9) - [Up: c7.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c7.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c7.s1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c7.s1.8) · Pramāṇa