[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [A Bibliography of Sanskrit Works on Astronomy and Mathematics, Part I: Manuscripts, Texts, Translations and Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sen-1966) › c8.179 # A Bibliography of Sanskrit Works on Astronomy and Mathematics, Part I: Manuscripts, Texts, Translations and Studies c8.179 A Bibliography of Sanskrit Works on Astronomy and Mathematics, Part I: Manuscripts, Texts, Translations and Studies c8.179 - **Language:** English ### [c8.179](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sen-1966.c8.179) 3. \*Mahābhāskarīya\* or \*Bṛhat-bhāskarīya\*. महाभास्करीय, बृहत्भास्करीय An astronomical treatise dealing with the duration of day and night, the method of testing the accuracy of a given position of the planets, the mode of finding out the excess month in a year etc. It discusses the \*grahakarma\*, a subject which was practically neglected by Āryabhaṭa, and is the earliest work known to have systematically dealt with the \*modus operandi\* for determining the position of the planets, using the principles of arithmetical calculations enunciated by Āryabhaṭa 1 in the \*gaṇitapāda\* of his work. This work is divided into 8 chs. viz., (i) Madhyamādhikāra, (ii) Deśāntarakarma, (iii) Tripraśnādhikāra, (iv) Sphaṭavidhi, (v) Grahaṇādhyāya, (vi) Darśanasamkārādi, (vii) Yugabhagaṇādi, (viii) Tithyānayanādi. \*Manuscript reference:\* LU. 42. MADRAS/D. xxiv, 13467, 75 ff. Nāgarī. - [Previous: c8.178](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sen-1966.c8.178) - [Next: c8.180](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sen-1966.c8.180) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sen-1966.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhāskarīya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.siddhanta.early.mahabhaskariya) — Bhāskara I, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sen-1966.c8.179](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sen-1966.c8.179) · Pramāṇa