[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) › c9.25 # Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c9.25 Jyotiḥśāstra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c9.25 - **Language:** English ### [c9.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c9.25) But we return to a secure chronology and to the renewed influence to \*tājika\* science with the Praśnatantra²³ written by that Nīlakaṇṭha who composed the Tājikanīlakaṇṭhī in 1587. In the course of this treatise he quotes many verses from earlier works, making it a sort of \*nibandha\*; his favorite authorities besides the Tājikas, are Pṛthuyaśas and Padmaprabha Sūri. - [Previous: c9.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c9.24) - [Next: c9.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c9.26) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c9) ## Linked texts (2) - [Tājikanīlakaṇṭhī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.tajika.tajikanilakanthi) — Nīlakaṇṭha Daivajña 1587, Sanskrit - [Praśnatantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.prasna.prasnatantra) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c9.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c9.25) · Pramāṇa