Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c4.s3.68

c4.s3.68

Another Kṛṣṇa¹⁶⁶ wrote a Karaṇakaustubha¹⁶⁷ following the Gaṇeśapakṣa at Taṭāka in the Koṅkaṇa under the Marāṭha monarch Śivājī; its epoch is 1653. A comparison of their respective chapter titles will demonstrate how closely the KKK follows the GL, whose system of astronomy it attempted to introduce into Mahārāṣṭra. The paucity of manuscripts suggests that it met with little enthusiasm.