Bharatiya Jyotihshastra (History of Indian Astronomy), translated by R. V. Vaidya v2.c12.s2.t76: Dādabhaṭa
Bhāratīya Jyotiḥśāstra (History of Indian Astronomy), translated by R. V. Vaidya v2.c12.s2.t76
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Dādabhaṭa
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The *Kiraṇāvali*, a commentary on the *Sūrya Siddhānta*, was written by DĀDABHAṬA or Dādabhāī, a Citpavan Brāhmaṇa, in Śaka 1641. His father's name was Mādhava and surname Gaoṅkar. A reference to this commentary has already been made in the course of the authors comments on the *Sūrya Siddhānta*.
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ACCOUNT OF FAMILY
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According to Aufrecht Catalogue Mādhava had written a work entitled *Sāmudrika Cintāmaṇi*. Nārāyaṇa, Dādabhaṭa's son, has written in the colo-phon of his *Tājakasudhānidhi*, that MĀDHAVA was "in the service of Śrī Īśa in the Pashupatinagar", from which he appears to have been staying at Vārānasi. Mādhava had two sons, of whom Dādābhaṭa was the elder. Dādābhaṭa had two sons, of whom Nārāyaṇa was the younger. Nārāyaṇa compiled the following works :—
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∗ Prof. Bhāṇḍārkar's *Report on the Search for Sanskrit Manuscripts*, 1883-84, p. 84
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(1) Horāsārasudhānidhi (2) Narajātakavyākhyā (3) A ‘ Praśna ’ work entitled Gaṇakapriya (4) A ‘ Śakuna ’ work, named Svarasāgara (5) Tājaka-sudhānidhi. The date of all these works appears to be about Śaka 1660.
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- Sūryasiddhānta — Maya, Sanskrit