[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) › c8.39 # Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c8.39 Jyotiḥśāstra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c8.39 - **Language:** English ### [c8.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c8.39) As in many other fields, so in muhūrta Keśava of Nandigrāma wrote an important work, the Muhūrtatattva.²⁷ His son, Gaṇeśa, dutifully wrote a ṭīkā, the Muhūrtadīpikā, at Nandigrāma before 1554. Another ṭīkā was written by Viśvanātha in the early seventeenth century; the oldest dated manuscript was copied in 1637. Probably also in the early sixteenth century Kāśīnātha²⁸ composed his very successful Śīghrabodha,²⁹ of which the earliest dated manuscript was copied in 1559. Probably also to be dated in the early sixteenth century is the brief Bālavivekinī or Pañcavimśatikā³⁰ of Nāhnidatta;³¹ the earliest dated manuscript of it was copied in 1589. - [Previous: c8.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c8.38) - [Next: c8.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c8.40) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c8) ## Linked texts (2) - [Padmanandipañcaviṃśatikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.anuyoga.moral.yoga.padmanandipancavimsatika) — Kundakunda, Sanskrit - [Śīghrabodha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.muhurta.jyotihsara.sighrabodha) — Kāśinātha, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c8.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c8.39) · Pramāṇa