Varahmihir is among the most important sages in Vedic astrology.

The name Varahm

ihir is carved in golden words in the history of Hindu astrology. The time from
57 B.C till 1100 B.C is known as the Varah Mihir era. This great astrologer and
author took birth in 57 B.C.
Varah Mihir Astrology Epics

He composed an epic called Brihat Jataka. He was one of the nine scholars in the
court of King Vikramaditya. He wrote Panch Sidhantika and Brihat Samhita on Medini
Astrology. Apart from this, he wrote Laghujataka , Vivah Patal , Yog Yatra and Samar Sa
hita. After Varahmihir comes the name of Kalyanverma.
Kalyanverma
Kalyanverma took birth around 578 AD. He wrote a book, Sarawali , on predictive ast
rology. In this book 2500 Shlokas are given. This epic is written on the princip
les of Varah Mihir and Yavan Hora.
Bhattotpal is a famous scholar of astrology. He has interpreted Varah Jataka of Va
rah Mihir in an a very reasonable and clear manner. He also wrote a book comment
ing on Prashna Shastra, Shat-Panchashika written by the son of Varah Mihir. Apart
from this, he wrote Prashna Gyan on Prashna Shastra. Bhattotpal took birth in 888
A.D.
Chandrasen
Chandrasen worked on Medini astrology and wrote a book called
Keval Gyan Hora . He
described different ways and Chakras of Medini astrology in this book.
Shripati
The astrologer Shripati took birth in 999 A.D. He did remarkable work in mathema
tical astrology and wrote books like Pati Ganit, Beej Ganit and Sidhant Hora. He
also wrote books on Predictive Astrology like Saripati Padhati and Ratnawali Ra
tnamala.
Shridhar
He wrote a book called Ganit Saar . He also wrote Jyotirgyana
ilak in Kannada.

in sanskrit and

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He wrote a book called Aaya Gyan Tilak , in which he described how to get predictio
ns from the following eight kinds of income, Dhwaja, Dhooma, Simha, Gaja, Khar,
Vrishabha and Dhwansa.