Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A v1.c7.382

v1.c7.382

*ĀMARĀJA* = *ĀMAŚARMAN* (fl. ca. 1200) The son of Mahādeva of the Śrījanyālayakula, resident of Ānandapura in Saurāṣṭra, uncle of another Mahādeva (fl. 1263) who commented on the *Jyotiṣaratnamālā* of Śrīpati (fl. 1040), and pupil of Trivikrama (fl. 1080), Āmarāja belonged to a family which was closely connected with the Caulukya dynasty in Gujarat; his grandfather, Bandhuka, was associated with Karṇa (1066/67-ca. 1093) and his brother, Ajayī, with Bhīma II (ca. 1178-ca. 1241). Āmarāja is author of a *Vāsanābhāṣya* on the *Khaṇḍakhādyaka* written by Brahmagupta in 665. In this work he refers to the previous commentaries by Lalla (fl. 748?), Pṛthūdakasvāmin (fl. 864), Utpala (fl. 966), and Someśvara (fl. 1040), as well as to Varāhamihira (fl. ca. 550), Bhojarāja (fl. ca. 995-1056), and Bhāskara (b. 1114), and to Durga, Bhāradvāja, Rihliya, the *Paulīśatantra*, the *Pradyotanasiddhānta*, and the *Sūryasiddhānta*. Manuscripts: