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# Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A v2.c10.799

Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A v2.c10.799

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The son of Barvāī and Mahādeva of the Kāśyapagotra and the younger brother of Raṅganātha, and a resident of Taṭāka in the Koṅkaṇa, Kṛṣṇa, a Deśastha Brāhmaṇa, wrote a Karaṇakaustubha (part of a Tantraratna) for Śivājī, the Marāṭha monarch who was active from 1646 (crowned in 1674) till 1680, in Śaka 1575 = A.D. 1653. See S. B. Dikshit \[1896\] 290–291. The Karaṇakaustubha, which is based on Gaṇeśa's Grahalāghava (1520), consists of 14 adhikāras:

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## Cites (2)

- [Grahalāghava](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.siddhanta.karana.ganesapaksa.grahalaghava) — Gaṇeśa Daivajña 1520, Sanskrit
- [Karaṇakaustubha (Kṛṣṇa Daivajña)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.siddhanta.karana.uttarakalina.nandigrama-kasi.karanakaustubha-krsnadaivajna) — Kṛṣṇa Daivajña 1628, Sanskrit

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