[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) › v3.c12.1089 # Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A v3.c12.1089 Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A v3.c12.1089 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c12.1089](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v3.c12.1089) Cintāmaṇi was born at Madras on 2 śuklapakṣa of Caitra in Śaka 1750 = 17 March 1828. At the age of 17 he became First Assistant at the Madras Observatory, where he cataloged stars from 1867 till 1878; he died on 5 February 1880. He was a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1872. Among his writings are a \*Jyotiṣacintāmaṇi\* in Tamil with a Sanskrit translation, published at Madras in 1874, and a \*Śukragrastasūryoparāga\*, published at Poona in 1874 (IO 2346). See S. B. Dikshit \[1896\] 304–305. - [Previous: v3.c12.1088](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v3.c12.1088) - [Next: v3.c12.1090](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v3.c12.1090) - [Up: v3.c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v3.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v3.c12.1089](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v3.c12.1089) · Pramāṇa