Bharatiya Jyotihshastra (History of Indian Astronomy), translated by R. V. Vaidya v2.c13.s2.38

v2.c13.s2.38

This work, compiled in Śaka 1444, consists of 52 verses. The author himself has written on it an exhaustive commentary entitled “Nirṇayāmṛta”. in Śaka 1446. The name of Pitāmbara’s father was Rāma and that of his grandfather, JAGANNĀTHA. He was a Gauḍa Brāhmaṇa residing at STAMBHA-TĪRTHA (Khambayat, Cambay) near the mouth of the river Mahi. The author mentions here such names of authors and astronomical works as have been in the commentary***, but not noticed in his account so far.