Bharatiya Jyotihshastra (History of Indian Astronomy), translated by R. V. Vaidya v2.c14.55.1

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The works Bṛhajjātaka and Laghujātaka by VARĀHAMIHIRA and PṚTHUYAŚĀ’S work, Ṣatpañcāśikā,’ are now-a-days in use. All these three works have commentaries of Utpala. Ananta, brother of Gaṇeśa Daivajña, author of the Grahalāghava, wrote a commentary on Laghujātaka in Śaka 1456. There is a commentary on Bṛhajjātaka by Balabhadra, in addition to those by Mahīdās and Mahīdhar. The two latter and Mahīdās and Mahīdhar, the commentators on Līlāvatī, might have been the same persons. There is another commentary named Subodhinī on Bṛhajjātaka in the Govt. Library at Tanjore. The Aufrecht Catalogue mentions 5 or 6 more names of commentaries. The Mīnarāja-Jātaka contains quotation from LALLA. NṚHARI, the author of Jātakasāra, has also mentioned Lalla’s name among the authors of astrological works. This shows that Lalla may have written a work also on astrology. Bhaṭṭotpala has borrowed a number of quotations from Sārāvalī, and one of these quotations has mentioned Varāha’s* name. From this Sārāvalī appears to be a work, compiled after Varāha but before Śaka 888. A work named Sārāvalī has come to my notice. (The quotations given by Utpala could not be found in it.) Its author is one Kalyāṇa Varmā. He has also called himself as Vaṭeśvara. He has compiled the work after selecting different portions from the works by Varāhamihira, Yavana Narendra and others. An astrologer named Vaṭeśvara lived about Śaka 821. (See page 190).