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Bharatiya Jyotihshastra (History of Indian Astronomy), translated by R. V. Vaidya v2.c12.s2.t67: Kṛṣṇa

Bhāratīya Jyotiḥśāstra (History of Indian Astronomy), translated by R. V. Vaidya v2.c12.s2.t67

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Kṛṣṇa

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He was born in a well-known family of scholars. The genealogical table below has been prepared from the family history given by the writers born in this family.

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∗ The author has not seen these four commentaries himself. He has given the names from the Gaṇakatarangiṇī.

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[Figure: Cintāmaṇi (Devarāta gotra) Rāma (wife Sitā) Four other sons. Trimalla Gopirāja Ballāla (wife, Goji) Rāma Kṛṣṇa Govinda Ranganātha Mahādeva Nārāyaṇa Munīśvara Vāsudeva]

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Cintāmaṇi, a Yajurvedi Brāhmaṇa, used to reside in Dadhigrāma, a village on the Bank of Payoṣṇī in vidarbha. The position of this village has been described by Munīśvara at the end of his Marīci commentary in the line,

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एलिचपुरसमदेशे तटे पयोष्ण्या शुभ दधिग्रामे ।।

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meaning “In the auspicious (Village of) Dadhigrāma, situated on the bank of Payoṣṇī, in the same latitude as Ellicpur”.

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The Palabhā of Dadhigrāma, mentioned in commentary on the Keśavi Jātaka written by Nārāyaṇa, son of Govinda, is 4-30, from which the latitude of the ‘place would come to be 21°-15’. This is also the latitude of Ellicpur. It appears, therefore, that Dahigāon must be a village situated to the east or west of Ellicpur, in the same latitude.*

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Ballāla went to Vārānasī to reside there permanently. His descendants, as it appears from their works, continued to reside at Vārānasī. However, it appears from Nārāyaṇa’s commentry on Keśava’s Jātakapaddhati that he compiled it at Dadhigrāma.

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HISTORY OF ANCESTORS

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Kṛṣṇa and Munīśvara have wirtten in their works that Rāma possessed such a wonderful prophetic faculty that the King of Vidarbhas always obeyed him. The date of Rāma, as reckoned from those of Kṛṣṇa and Munīśvara appears to be about Śaka 1440. When the Bahamaṇi kingdom was split into five parts about 1500 A. D. (Śaka 1422), one of the parts was transformed into the Kingdom of Berar (Vidarbha) with Ellicpur as its capital. As Rāma is said to have been the adviser of the King of Vidarbha, he must have been residing at Ellicpur. Ballāla was a great devotee of Rudra (Śiva). Ranganātha has stated in his commentary on the Sūrya Siddhānta that Rāma, the eldest son of Ballāla compiled a theory work to explain the, ‘Anantasudhākara.’ This may be the same as the Sudhārasa of Ananta referred to on page 145. This Rāma also was a great devotee of Śiva ; and, according to the Marici commentary, he was alive in Śaka 1557, the date of that commentary.

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∗ By the formula tan. lat.=Palabhā÷12, the given palabhā 4/30 would indicate 20°34′ (not 21°15′) as the latitude of the place. (R.V.V.)

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KṚṢṆA HIMSELF

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Kṛṣṇa was the second son of Ballāla. He wrote a commentary work, Bija navānkura, on Bhāskarācārya’s ‘Bījagaṇita’. The commentary has also received Bijapallava, “Kalpalatāvatāra,” as additional names. Kṛṣṇa has suggested in it some new artifices of his own. The commentary has proved to be the best of the ancient commentaries and is recognized as such by learned men. In this commentary, he calls himself a disciple of Viṣṇu who was the disciple of Nṛsimha, the nephew of Gaṇeśa, the author of the Grahalāghava: It is not known if this Viṣṇu was the same as the Viṣṇu of Golāgrāma (page 154.). The dates of both of them appear to be almost the same. Kṛṣṇa has written a commentary, consisting mainly of examples on the Jātakapaddhati of Śrīpati. He has adopted in it Śaka 1478, the birth Śaka of Khānkhān, the minister, by way of example in it. There was no possibility of Khānkhān to be a minister before Śaka 1500. Ranganātha has referred to both these commentaries by Kṛṣṇa in his commentary on the Sūryasiddhānta, and he also writes there that Kṛṣṇa was held in high esteem at the court of Emperor Jehangir. Jehangir ruled from Śaka 1527 to 1549. From this, Kṛṣṇa appears to have compiled, both the commentaries during the period Śaka 1500 to 1530. He has written another work “Chādaka Nirṇaya”, which had been published by Sudhākara Dvivedi. It appers from the commentary, Marīci that he had won the affection of Nuruddin, a Muslim officer, and that he was not living in Śaka 1557.

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DESCENDANTS

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Nārāyaṇa, son of Govinda, has written a commentary on Keśava’s Jātakapaddhati, in which he has adopted Śaka 1509 for the purpose of illustrative examples. There is a work on algebra, named Nārāyaṇīya Bija consisting of aphorisms in Ārya metre. The author of the Gaṇaka Taraṅgiṇī says that it may have been compiled by Nārāyaṇa. Furthermore, this Nārāyaṇa may be identical with Nārāyaṇa, the guru of Munīśvara.

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