[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970) › v2.c10.408 # Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A v2.c10.408 Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A v2.c10.408 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c10.408](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v2.c10.408) KAVĪNDRĀCĀRYA SARASVATĪ (fl. ca. 1600/75). Kavīndrācārya, whose original name seems to have been Kṛṣṇa, was a sannyāsin originally from Puṇyabhūmi on the banks of the Godāvarī. He persuaded Shāh Jahān (1628–1658) to raise the pilgrim tax on Hindus, at least at Kāśī and Prayāga; for this the Benares paṇḍitas composed verses in his honor, which were assembled into the Kavīndracandrodaya by his librarian Kavīndra Kṛṣṇa (fl. ca. 1625/75). Kavīndrācārya has been discussed at length by P. K. Gode \[1940c\]; V. Raghavan \[1940\]; K. M. K. Sarma \[1943b\]; P. K. Gode \[1946/47\]; and V. G. Rahurkar \[A2. 1955\] and \[A2. 1956\]. His magnificent library apparently was one of the sources of the Kavīndrācāryasūcīpatra (see Kavīndrācārya in the list of catalogues and P. K. Gode \[1943/44\] and \[A2. 1945\]). Kavīndrācārya is praised as an authority on jyotiṣa; a commentary of his on Śrīpati (fl. 1040) may be referred to in Kavīndracandrodaya 198, a verse by Bhānabhaṭṭa: - [Previous: v2.c10.407](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v2.c10.407) - [Next: v2.c10.409](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v2.c10.409) - [Up: v2.c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v2.c10) ## Cites (1) - [Kavīndracandrodaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.prasasti.vidvat.kavindracandrodaya) — Kavīndra Kṛṣṇa 1600, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v2.c10.408](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v2.c10.408) · Pramāṇa