A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c44.s16.1

v3.c44.s16.1

Śrīśailanātha, son of Avadhānasarasvatī, grandson and pupil of Kāmeśanātha, great-grandson of Ekāmranātha, wrote his Praśnottararatnamālā ⁷⁶⁸ under the patronage of Veṅkaṭādrivibhu, ⁷⁶⁹ a king of the Vijayanagar empire. If this king is Veṅkaṭādri or Veṅkaṭa I, who was the son of Acyuta Rāya, and who, after the death of his father in 1541 or 1542, ascended the throne and reigned for about six months only, ⁷⁷⁰ Śrīśailanātha belongs to the sixteenth century. ⁷⁷¹