Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A v3.c12.237

v3.c12.237

Gopīnātha Khauāla of Candrapura near Videhanagara in Mithilā was the ancestor of Rañjana, who went to the court of Nabāba Vādaśāha at Vyāghravāsa and took the surname Caudharī. Rañjana was the father of Veṇidatta, whose sons were Bhagavaddatta, Kāśidatta, and Gaṅgādatta. This last was the father of Navati and Girinātha. Girinātha married Jagadambā, the daughter of Sādhuśarman Budhavāra; their first son was Kapileśvara. When the son was eight years old the family moved to Vāsukivihārī. Kapileśvara was patronized by Nārāyaṇadāsa, the lord of Corauta, and studied there under Śrīkānta; he became a professor at the Viśveśvara Catuṣpāṭhi Mahāvidyālaya in Kāśī and later at the Jñānodaya Mahāvidyālaya in Patna. He wrote the following works: