Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c4.s3.60

c4.s3.60

At Akbar’s court a karaṇa belonging to the Saurapakṣa, the Rāmavinoda,¹⁶¹ was composed by Rāma (or Rāmacandra) for a bhūpāla also named Rāma (or Rāmadāsa). Its epoch is 11 March 1590, which is stated to be thirty-five years after the era of Akbar; the epoch of Akbar’s “Divine Era,” which was introduced on Nawrūz of 1584, was indeed 11 March 1556. A commentary, Rāmavinodadīpikā, was written by Viśvanātha at Kāmpilya shortly after 1602. There is also a koṣṭhaka written by Rāma and bearing the same name as the RV.