Brhat Samhita of Varahamihira ( Vol.I)
by M.Ramakrishna Bhat

This work is an encyclopaedia of astrological and other subjects of human interest. Whatever subjects the author takes up for delineation, whether it is eclipse, planetary movements, rainfall, cloud, architecture, water-divination or some other topic he discusses the same with thoroughness and mastery based on the knowledge of ancient sastras. PROF. M.R. BHAT was a well known Samskrta scholar, teacher, poet and astrologer. He had served the cause of Samskrta learning and Indian culture for more than half a century. Prof. Bhat edited with translation classical works and was the founder-editor of the Sanskrit-English Journal Amrtavani.