Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A v1.c7.178

v1.c7.178

The Mahāsthavira of the Hastavanagalya Mahāvihāra in southern Ceylon under Parākramabāhu II (1236-1271), Anavamadarśin Saṅgharāja wrote a long astrological compendium in three prakaraṇas and thirty adhyāyas entitled the Daivajñakāmadhenu in which he cites Varāhamihira (fl. ca. 550), Ātreya, and Bhojarāja (fl. ca. 995-1056), among others. This was published from one manuscript by Śīlaskandha, Sthavira of the Śailabimbārāma Vihāra in Doḍanduwa, Ceylon, in BSS 97, 104, 116, Benares 1906. The adhyāyas are: