[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.c12.2617 # Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A v3.c12.2617 Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A v3.c12.2617 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c12.2617](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v3.c12.2617) The son of Rāmadhana Miśra, a Gauḍa Brāhmaṇa, Devakṛṣṇa studied jyotiṣa at the Kāśika Rājakīya Pāṭhaśālā under Lajjāśaṅkara. He taught jyotiṣa at Jambūnagara in Kāśmīra for nine years beginning in Śaka 1781 = A.D. 1859 at the request of Raṇavīra Siṃha, the Mahārāja of Kāśmīra from 1857. In 1868 he succeeded Nandarāma Śarman at the Kāśika Rā-jakīya Pāṭhaśālā. He died at Vārāṇasī in Śaka 1811 = A.D. 1889. Among his pupils was Sudhākara Dvivedin (fl. 1892/1907). See S. Dvivedin \[1892\] 125–126. - [Previous: v3.c12.2616](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v3.c12.2616) - [Next: v3.c12.2618](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v3.c12.2618) - [Up: v3.c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v3.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v3.c12.2617](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v3.c12.2617) · Pramāṇa