Bharatiya Jyotihshastra (History of Indian Astronomy), translated by R. V. Vaidya v2.c12.s2.t35: Maheśvara

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He was the father of Bhāskarācārya, the famous astronomer and author of Siddhānta Śiromaṇi. His date of birth may be about the year Śaka 1000 and his works may have been written about the year 1030 to 1040. The account of his ancestry will be found later in the account of Bhāskarācārya. According to the inscription of Ananta Deva, his great grandson, he compiled “Śekhara” a Karaṇa work, Laghujātakaṭikā, a work on astrology, and the work entitled Pratiṣṭhā vidhidipaka (see account of Bhāskarācārya). Vṛttaśata is another work written by him. It may be identical with the Muhūrta work named Vṛttaśata.