Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c6.97

c6.97

Contemporaneously with the three authors from Saurāṣṭra the Mahārājādhirāja of Bengal from ca. 1159 till 1178, Ballālasena,⁷⁷ began his Adbhutasāgara⁷⁸ in 1168; it was completed by his son and successor, Lakṣmaṇasena, who ruled Bengal from ca. 1178 till 1200. It deals with most of the celestial, atmospheric, and terrestrial omens in a comprehensive fashion, and is the next most popular text in this field after the BS. A similar text, which is probably at least in part dependent on Ballālasena’s, is the Adbhutadarpaṇa of Mādhava.⁷⁹