History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s78.46

v1.c6.s78.46

Another work of his is the Sūrya-siddhāntaviveka or Vāsanārṇava, which is a commentary on the Sūryasiddhānta. There is a ms. of this work in the Bhau Daji Collection of the Bombay Asiatic Society.⁹³⁷ Therein after giving his pedigree he says that by his works on Smṛtiśāstra, on astronomy and mathematics and on medicine he came to be known as *abhinava* Bhoja.⁹³⁸ In this treatise he refers to his own works already composed called Siddhāntagarbha⁹³⁹ and Yantraprakāśa. He also refers to a Rājamṛgāṅka of Bhoja and to Bhāskara's works. The ms. was copied in *saṁvat* 1459, i. e. 1402-3 A. D. In the colophon of this work his *birudas* (titles) are Paṇḍitapārijāta and Abhinava-Bhoja, and he is also styled Mahārājādhirāja.⁹⁴⁰ In the Madanapārijāta and the Mahārṇava the *birudas* are Paṇḍitapārijāta and Kaṭāramalla or Kaṭṭāramalla. A work called Ānandasañjīvana on singing, dancing, musical instruments and rāgas is ascribed to Madanapāla.⁹⁴¹ The king Madana, son of Sahāraṇa, who is connected with the restoration of Medhātithi's bhāṣya, must be this Madana.