Home›Open Questions›When did Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra reach the form now studied?Open QuestionsWhen did Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra reach the form now studied?Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "When did Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra reach the form now studied?." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/open-questions-index/when-did-brihat-parashara-hora-shastra-reach-the-form-now-studied.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). When did Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra reach the form now studied?. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/open-questions-index/when-did-brihat-parashara-hora-shastra-reach-the-form-now-studiedCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-when-did-brihat-parashara-hora-shastra-r, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {When did Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra reach the form now studied?}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/open-questions-index/when-did-brihat-parashara-hora-shastra-reach-the-form-now-studied}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXOpen QuestionCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Open QuestionThe tradition attributes the text to the Vedic-age sage Parashara, but no surviving manuscript is reliably datable earlier than the medieval period, and the text shows internal evidence of compilation over time rather than single authorship.What would resolve this A critical, manuscript-stemma edition comparing the major recensions, dating their strata by internal astronomical references and cross-checking against securely dated citing texts such as the Phaladeepika.OpenIndology / history of science (Sanskrit textual criticism)Sage Parashara (attributed), Brihat Parashara Hora ShastraCross-Tradition ConnectionsQuestion OnBrihat Parashara Hora Shastra, Esoteric Texts Well-attested Source Brihat Parashara Hora ShastraSage Parashara (attributed)tier 1SourcesBrihat Parashara Hora Shastratier 1Sage Parashara (attributed), Ranjan Publications, 1984View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year