[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.s2.1 # Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c8.s2.1 Jyotiḥśāstra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c8.s2.1 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c8.s2.1) Varāhamihira incorporated into his BS (102) a chapter on the astrology of marriage entitled vivāhapaṭala, the “marriage chest;” this was attributed to Vindhyavāsin by his commentator, Bhaṭṭotpala. But he also wrote a separate and more extensive treatise on the astrology of marriage, also entitled Vivāhapaṭala.⁶¹ A commentary on this was written by the faithful Bhaṭṭotpala at - [Previous: c8.s1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c8.s1.13) - [Next: c8.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c8.s2.2) - [Up: c8.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c8.s2) ## Linked texts (2) - [Bṛhatsaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.rsi.brhatsamhita) — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit - [Vivāhapaṭala](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.muhurta.vivaha.vivahapatala) — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c8.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c8.s2.1) · Pramāṇa