History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s89.7

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The Jyotiḥsaukhya (D. C. ms. No. 915 of 1886-92) constitutes the Saṁhitā branch of Indian astronomy and deals with such topics as the results of eclipses, the appearance of comets, the rise of Agastya, Ursa major, the signs of the Zodiac &c. It frequently refers to Kāśyapa, Garga (or Vṛddhagarga), Parāśara, Mayūracitra, Varāha. The colophons state that Ṭoḍaramalla was a scion of the Ṭaṇḍala (or -na) family and that the work was compiled by Nīlakaṇṭha at the order of Ṭoḍaramalla.¹⁰³² This Nīlakaṇṭha appears to be the author of the Sañjñātantra on which a commentary was written by his son Govinda in 1622 A. D., in which it is stated that Nīlakaṇṭha was honoured by Akbar and had composed the Ṭoḍarānanda.¹⁰³³ In the Tājika-Nīlakaṇṭhī of Nīlakaṇṭha it is stated that the author composed works on the three branches of Jyotiṣa which gave delight to Ṭoḍara.¹⁰³⁴