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# Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A v1.c7.138

Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A v1.c7.138

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The son of Cintāmaṇi of the Gārgyagotra and father of Nīlakaṇṭha (\*fl.\* 1587) and Rāma (\*fl.\* 1600/13), Ananta resided at Dharmapura on the Godāvarī in Vidarbha. He wrote a ṭīkā on the \*Kāmadhenu\* of Mahādeva (\*fl.\* 1357) according to the \*Muhūrtacintāmaṇi\* (13,9) of his son Rāma. The same source informs us that he authored a \*Janipaddhati\* (= \*Jātakapaddhati\*) apparently based on Śrīpati’s (\*fl.\* 1040); cf. the \*Bhāvaphala\* of Ananta Paṇḍita. See S. Dvivedin \[1892\] 64; S. B. Dikshit \[1896\] 274-275; and M. M. Patkar \[1938\] 164-165.

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## Cites (3)

- [Muhūrtacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.muhurta.nibandha.muhurtacintamani) — Rāma Daivajña 1600, Sanskrit
- [Bhāvaphala](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.bhava)
- [Jātakapaddhati (Keśavārka)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.paddhati.kesavi.jatakapaddhati-kesavarka) — Keśavārka, Sanskrit

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