[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.c12.2549 # Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A v3.c12.2549 Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A v3.c12.2549 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c12.2549](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v3.c12.2549) DURGĀŚAṄKARA PĀṬHAKA (fl. ca. 1825/1850) An Audīcya Brāhmaṇa, the son and pupil of Śivalāla Pāṭhaka, the brother of Lakṣmīpati, and a resident of Kāśī, Durgāśaṅkara cast a horoscope at the birth of Navanihāla Siṃha (1821/1840), for which he received a reward from Khaḍgasimha (fl. 1839/40), the successor to Raṇajit Siṃha (fl. 1799/1839) of Lāhora, and was associated with Lancelot Wilkinson (fl. 1834/1837), the agent of Sihora, to whom he wrote on Thursday 2 śuklapakṣa of Śrāvaṇa in Saṃ. 1894 = 3 August 1837. He was later the astrologer of Viśvanātha, the Mahārāja of Rīvāṃ. His pupils included Lajjāśaṅkara Śarman and Hīrānanda Caturveda. See S. Dvivedin \[1892\] 119-120. He wrote a \*Sarvasiddhāntatattvacūḍāmaṇi\*. Manuscript: - [Previous: v3.c12.2548](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v3.c12.2548) - [Next: v3.c12.2550](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v3.c12.2550) - [Up: v3.c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v3.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v3.c12.2549](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v3.c12.2549) · Pramāṇa