Vedanga Jyotisha
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Vedanga Jyotisha (IAST: Vedāṅga Jyotiṣa), or Jyotishavedanga (Jyotiṣavedāṅga), is one of earliest known Indian texts on astrology (Jyotisha). The extant text is dated to the final centuries BCE, but it may be based on a tradition reaching back to about 700-600 BCE.
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edit- Samasya dwikaraṇi pramāṇam tṛtīyena vardhayettacca
caturthenātmacatustriṃśonena saviśeṣaḥ. - Like the crests on the heads of peacocks, like the gems on the hoods of the cobras, mathematics is at the top of the Vedanga Shastras.
- Vedanga Jyotisa, 4, as translated by Daya Shankar Tiwary, "Relevance of Shulbasūtras of the Yajurveda: Modern Context", Institute for the Advancement of Vedic Mathematics (2021); see also: Rajesh Kumar Thakur, "Problem from Ancient Mathematics Texts", MathsZone (15 June 2015); "Vedanga Jyotisha (वेदाङ्गज्योतिषम्)", DharmaWiki (30 May 2021)
