Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A v1.c7.91

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ATRI The ṛṣi Atri is associated with a solar eclipse in *Ṛgveda* 5,40; see also *Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa* 24,3,4. Various problems connected with this eclipse are discussed by A. Ludwig [1885]; A. Bergaigne [1885]; W. D. Whitney [1885]; C. R. Lanman [1893]; F. K. Ginzel [1894]; A. Ludwig [1894]; S. B. Dikshit [1896] 62-63; P. C. Sengupta [1941a]; L. V. Gurjar [1947] 151; and V. G. Rahurkar [1957]. He is traditionally regarded as one of the eighteen founders of jyotiṣśāstra. One or several works ascribed to Atri existed by the sixth century, as he is quoted by Varāhamihira (*Bṛhatsaṃhitā* 46,1 and *Bṛhadyogayātrā* 29,3); the former of these quotations makes him even more ancient, as it states that he was used by Garga. See P. V. Kane [1948/49] 5. Many later authors quote from Atri; but the *Atrisiddhānta* mentioned in Kavīndrācārya 857 is undoubtedly wishful thinking. There remains one work.