[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.c10.483 # Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A v2.c10.483 Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A v2.c10.483 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c10.483](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v2.c10.483) An unknown author who wrote a Jyotirvidābharaṇa, probably in ca. 1242 (see S. B. Dikshit \[1896\] 476), under the guise of the great poet Kālidāsa (fl. ca. 400; for this Kālidāsa's astronomical knowledge see H. Jacobi \[A2. 1873\] and \[A2. 1876\]; H. A. Shah \[A2. 1924\]; P. P. Sarma \[A2. 1934\]; C. K. Raja \[1942\]; P. C. Sengupta \[1945\]; B. S. Upadhyaya \[A2. 1947\] 286–290; N. Sen \[1952\]; P. C. Sengupta \[1952\] and K. A. S. Iyer \[A2. 1967\]). The author claims to have been one of the 9 jewels at the court of Vikramāditya of Ujjayinī, the traditional founder of the era of -57; see 22, 8–10: - [Previous: v2.c10.482](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v2.c10.482) - [Next: v2.c10.484](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v2.c10.484) - [Up: v2.c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v2.c10) ## Cites (1) - [Jyotirvidābharaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.muhurta.jyotihsara.jyotirvidabharana) — Kālidāsa 1500, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v2.c10.483](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v2.c10.483) · Pramāṇa