Bharatiya Jyotihshastra (History of Indian Astronomy), translated by R. V. Vaidya v2.c12.s2.t52: Ananta—1447
Bhāratīya Jyotiḥśāstra (History of Indian Astronomy), translated by R. V. Vaidya v2.c12.s2.t52
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Ananta—1447
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He compiled ‘Anantasudhārasa’, a work on the calculation of the Pañcānga, in Śaka 1447. It follows the Sūryasiddhānta. Ananta remarks in the beginning. दुढिविनायकचरणद्वंद्वं मुदाधन् नत्वा ।। सूक्रचानंतरसारयं तनुते श्रीकांतजोजंतः ।।
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From this, the name of his father appears to be Śrīkānta. The author has not seen the work himself. He has stated this from (the information given in) the Gaṇakatarangiṇī by Sudhākara. Sudhākara says that it was a work consisting of tables and that, Nārāyaṇa was the author of Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa, his father's name was Ananta, and Ananta's father's name was Hari (see the account of Gaṅgādhara, Śaka 1502, given later on) and Śrīkānta, the name of the father of this Ananta, also is an epithet of Hari, and the dates of both of them appear to agree. From this, he (Ananta) seems to have been the father of the author of Muhūrta Mārtaṇḍa. But there is a commentary, Sudhārasakaraṇacaṣaka, on Ananta's ‘Sudhārasa’, by Dhuṇḍhirāja, and according to Aufrecht's catalogue, a part of this work called grahaṇodaya is in the library of the Sanskrit Pāthaśālā at vārānasi.
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From this it appears that this is a karaṇa work containing tables useful for Pañcānga calculation. An account of the family occurs at 2 or 3 places in the works compited by Nārāyaṇa, the author of Muhūrtamārtaṇḍa, and by Gaṅgādhara, his son (Page 150. It is mentioned every where that Hari is the name of Ananta's father and not Śrīkānta. They give much information about Ananta but nothing about his works. This leads the author to doubt if this Ananta was really the father of the author of Muhūrtamārtaṇḍa.
Cites (2)
- Sūryasiddhānta — Maya, Sanskrit
- Muhūrtamārtaṇḍa — Nārāyaṇa (son of Ananta) 1572, Sanskrit