Source-led historical research
Explore Jyotish through its original texts.
Dharmastro is a research project exploring historical Jyotish, the Indian tradition of astrology, through its texts and sources. Our first research focus is Jyotish Ratnakar.
Initial research introduction ยท Source reviews remain in progress.
Start with the source
What a text says and how we interpret it are different questions. Our approach keeps the source, its transcription and its interpretation distinct.
Make uncertainty visible
Faint writing, missing pages and conflicting readings deserve to be recorded. An unresolved passage should remain open rather than become a confident guess.
A first look at the project
This initial release introduces our research approach and first book. Reviewed reading material is planned for later releases.