Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A v2.c10.1752

v2.c10.1752

The son of Lakṣmī and Keśava (fl. 1496/1507) of the Kauśikagotra, the great-grandfather of Gaṇeśa (fl. ca. 1600/1650), and a resident of Nandigrāma (Nandod, Gujarat), Gaṇeśa was one of the most influential astronomers of the sixteenth century, both as an author and as a teacher. His pupil and nephew, Nṛsiṃha (b. 1548), lists his works in the Harṣakaumudī, his commentary on Gaṇeśa's Grahalāghava, as quoted by Viśvanātha (fl. 1612/1634) in his udāharaṇa on the Grahalāghava: