[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) › c8.11 # Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c8.11 Jyotiḥśāstra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c8.11 - **Language:** English ### [c8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c8.11) Contemporaneously with Śrīpati, Bhojarāja, the famous Paramāra ruler of Dhārā, wrote (or had written) the Rājamārtaṇḍa.⁷ This text, naturally uninfluenced by the arrangement of Śrīpati's, deals, among other topics, with the names and qualities of the planets, nakṣatras, and zodiacal signs; with many saṃskāras in the order of their normal occurrences in life from conception till death; with military astrology; with building, installing images, digging wells, agriculture, planting trees, archery, mounting elephants, and a variety of other topics. Unfortunately, the printed edition includes material that does not belong to the original; for instance, it cites (p. 116) the opinion of the Kālamādhavīya, which was written by Mādhava in the late fourteenth century. A critical edition is a necessity before this fascinating collection of material on ordinary life in medieval India can be properly exploited. - [Previous: c8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c8.10) - [Next: c8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c8.12) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kālanirṇaya (Kālamādhavīya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.kalamadhaviya) — Mādhava, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c8.11) · Pramāṇa