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Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A v1.c7.85

Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A v1.c7.85

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AJITADEVA SŪRI (fl. 1570/1641) A Jaina author, pupil of Maheśvara Sūri (fl. 1516) and member of the Pallīvālagaccha and the Mārtaṇḍaprakāśakagaccha, Ajitadeva Sūri wrote a *Piṇḍaviśuddhidīpikā* in 1570 and a *Paryūṣaṇakalpaṭīkā* in 1641. His jyotiṣa work is the *Lokasārayantra*, composed in Prākṛt. Manuscripts: AS Bombay 260. F. 231 (one folio only). Incomplete. From Bhāu Dāji. The verses on f. 231 are numbered 28-46. The colophon reads: iti śrīpallīvālagacchamārtaṇḍaprakāśakagacchāmbhojadinamāṇīnām śrīmaheśvarasūriśiromaṇīnām pade śrīajitadevasūriviracitam lokasārayantram samāptam.