Bharatiya Jyotihshastra (History of Indian Astronomy), translated by R. V. Vaidya v2.c14.75

v2.c14.75

*Balabhadra was a Brāhamaṇa of Bharadvāja Gotra and a resident of Kanauj on the bank of the Ganges. His guru was one named Rāma. He states that he wrote the work when he was living at Rājmahal with Shahsuja, the ‘lord of the Earth’. His grand father, Lāl, was a Jyotisi. His sons Devidās, Kṣemankar (Kṣemakarna), Nārāyaṇa, and Chaturbhuj Mishra were all scholars. Devidās has written a work on arithmetic and a commentary on the Śrīpatipaddhati. Dāmodara has written a commentary on Karaṇa Kutūhala by Bhāskara. Balabhadra had a younger brother, Hari by name. All this account is given in Hāyana-Ratna. The date of the work is given in the following lines :—