Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c4.s3.27

c4.s3.27

A popular *karaṇa* belonging to the Āryapakṣa is the Karaṇaprakāśa¹³² composed by Brahmadeva¹³³ at Mathurā (probably Madurai in South India); its epoch is 11 March 1092. There is a commentary (Vṛtti) by Dāmodara,¹³⁴ who also wrote in West India an Āryatulya based on the A in 1417 and a Sūryatulya based on the SS; and there are undated commentaries by Amareśa¹³⁵ (Vyākhyāna) in Karṇāṭakī; by Govinda¹³⁶ (Vivaraṇa or Vivṛti) on the first two *adhikāras*; by Śrīnivāsa Yajvan (Karaṇaprakāśaprabhā); and by Sampatkumāra (Vyākhyā). Both the manuscripts of the KP and its commentators come predominantly from South and West India, and especially from Mysore and Mahārāṣṭra.