Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c8.34

c8.34

The other important source for quotations from earlier texts is the JN of Śivarāja. He does not, however, refer to the extraordinarily popular Bālabodha or Jyotiṣasārasaṅgraha of Muñjāditya.²³ But since the earliest dated manuscript of this latter work was copied in 1479, Muñjāditya must have flourished in about 1450 or perhaps a bit before. It is probably the elementary nature of the Bālabodha to which its popularity was due. A brief but also popular muhūrta poem is the Brahmavyavahāra or Trivikramaśataka²⁴ composed by Trivikrama²⁵ before 1484, when the earliest dated manuscript was copied. That manuscript also contains the commentary, Budhavallabha, of Gopīnātha.²⁶