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# Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature (Jyotiḥśāstra: Astral and Mathematical Literature)

Vedāṅga jyotiṣa, Greek transmission, siddhāntas, karaṇas, koṣṭhakas, instruments, mathematics, jātaka, tājika, muhūrta and omen literature.

- **Language:** English
- **Date:** 1933–2005 CE
- **Author:** [David Pingree](https://indike.org/pramana/person/pingree)
- **Extent:** 1,316 passages, 50,268 words
- **Text:** complete digital text
- **Source:** archive.org · Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz 1981 (A History of Indian Literature, vol. VI fasc. 4); scan on archive.org, OCR… · In copyright (David Pingree †2005); freely available on archive.org — shown with credit and a link to that…

## Contents

- [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c1) — 17 parts
- [c2 Introduction](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c2) — 4 parts
- [c3 Chapter I. Śulbasūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c3) — 45 parts
- [c4 Chapter II. Astronomy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c4) — 67 parts
- [c5 Chapter III. Mathematics](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c5) — 4 parts
- [c6 Chapter IV. Divination](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c6) — 130 parts
- [c7 Chapter V. Genethlialogy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c7) — 157 parts
- [c8 Chapter VI. Catarchic Astrology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c8) — 72 parts
- [c9 Chapter VII. Interrogations](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c9) — 42 parts
- [c10 Chapter VIII. Encyclopaedias and Dictionaries](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c10) — 27 parts
- [c11 Chapter IX. Transmission of Jyotiḥśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c11) — 134 parts
- [c12 Abbreviations](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c12) — 2 parts
- [c13 Index of Authors](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c13) — 2 parts
- [c14 Index of Titles](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c14) — 1 part
- [c15 Index of Topics](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c15) — 2 parts

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