Bharatiya Jyotihshastra (History of Indian Astronomy), translated by R. V. Vaidya v2.c12.s2.t34.2

v2.c12.s2.t34.2

This is a Karaṇa work. It has adopted Śaka 1021 as the epochal year. It has been compiled by an astronomer named Śatānanda. Aniruddha, the commentator of Bhāsvati Karaṇa, says that Śatānanda was a resident of Puruṣottamapuri that is Jagannāthapurī, and that the epochal positions given by him are true for that place. The convention generally followed is that the epochal positions are given as for Ujjayinī, irrespective of the place where the siddhānta works are compiled. But the author of Bhāsvatīkaraṇa appears to have departed from the convention, since Jagannāthapurī happens to be far away from the meridian of Ujjayinī and he was right. Śatānanda has, in the beginning, observed, “natvā Murāreścarṇāravindam” meaning, “after saluting