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Varāhamihira is credited with writing several authoritative texts on astronomy and astrology. He was also known for his poetic skills, and the 11th-century writer Kshemendra describes him as a great poet.
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Varahamihira (born 505, Ujjain, India—died 587, Ujjain) was an Indian philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician, author of the Pancha-siddhantika (“Five Treatises”), a compendium of Greek, Egyptian, Roman, and Indian astronomy. Varahamihira’s knowledge of Western astronomy was thorough.
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Astrologer, astronomer, and polymath Varahamihira, born in c. 505 and passed away in c. 587, also known as Varaha or Mihira, was an ancient Indian who resided in Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh, India). He was born to Adityadasa at Kayatha, in the Avanti region, which roughly corresponds to present-day Malwa (a region of Madhya Pradesh, India).
- Varahamihira, also called Varaha or Mihira, was an Indian philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician, and is well known for authoring the Pancha-Si...
- He improved the accuracy of the sine tables of Aryabhata l. He defined the algebraic properties of zero as well as of negative numbers. Furthermore...
- Pancha-Siddhantika is a compendium of Vedanga Jyotisha as well as Hellenistic astronomy (with Greek, Egyptian and Roman elements). Varahamihira was...
- Aryabhatta was a great mathematician and astronomer. He wrote the book Aryabhatiya in 499 A.D. Varahamihira was born in 499 A.D. into a family of B...
- In ancient India Varahamihira was a great Indian astrologer whose main worker was related to mathematical astronomy. He was mainly associated with...
- Indian astronomy flowered in the 5th–6th century, with Aryabhata, whose work, Aryabhatiya, represented the pinnacle of astronomical knowledge at th...
Mar 27, 2007 · The Brihat jataka. by. Varahamihira, 505-587; Chidambaram Aiyar, N. Publication date. 1905. Topics. Hindu astrology, Sanskrit literature -- Translations into English. Publisher. Madras : Printed by Thompson & co.
Sep 13, 2016 · Varahamihira’s knowledge of Western astronomy was thorough but he was also very interested in astrology and horoscopes, and repeatedly emphasized their importance. His father was a worshipper of the Sun god and it was he who taught Varahamihira astrology.
Varahamihira devotes several chapters on predictive astrology, based on the position of planets, bodily characteristics (angavidya: chapter 51), and omens. These predictions pertain to natural phenomena and the general health, welfare and prosperity of people – both royalty and laymen.
