बृहत्संहिता (आचार्य वराहमिहिर - स्थापत्य, खगोल, मौसम व जल विज्ञान)

x who was a great astronomer cast the horoscope of the Buddha according to Hieuntsang. Kasyapa also was a very ancient sage, who does not mention the Romakas at all. From this work, it appears quite clear that वराह had already written his पञ्चसिद्धान्तिका and the बृहज्जातक (I-10) According to him, the होरा (Hora) should treat of horo- scopy, questions about journey and marriage. The पञ्च- सिद्धान्तिका which is based on the five Siddhantas has been . published with an English translation by G. Thibut in 1888 He seems to have written two other big works, namely Brihat Yatra and Brihat Vivahapatala. He has also written three smaller editions of these, viz (लघु ?) स्वल्पजातक, लघुयात्रा and लघुविवाहपटल. The Brihat Jataka is very famous. Bhattotpala has commented upon it. One महीधर also seems to have written a commentary on it. Albiruni speaks of a commentary on it by बलभद्र (Balabhadra). This Balabhadra has written an inde- pendent astrological work from which extracts are quoted in the pages of Jatakaparijata. The लघुजातक which is also commented upon by Bhattotpala has been trans- lated into Arabic by Albiruni as already stated above. Only two chapters of this लघुजातक are now available. The यात्रा according to Utpala cantains 14 chapters. Dr. Kern has said that a manuscript copy of this work was with him. The copy now available has only 7 chapters and goes under the name of योगयात्रा. It is not complete either. Hence we may conclude that it might be the लघुयात्रा. We know nothing about the author's विवाहपटल. Owing to its utter absence, the commentator has probably in-