(University of North Bengal, 2022-03) Basak, Jyotish ch.
In many pieces of ancient Indian literature, we come across the concept of ānvīkṣikī
vidyā. As exact nature of this vidyā was not clearly specified by its proponents, many
scholars thought that enquiry into its nature is worth pursuing. In this article I tried to
state some scholars‟ views about the nature and development of this vidyā and with an
analysis of mine.
