A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s5.23

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Sūryadeva Yajvan of the Nidhruva gotra and nephew of another Sūryadeva was a versatile commentator and recognised authority. He gives his date of birth as ‘viśveśa’ (1113) śaka in the colophon to his commentary on the *Tripraśnādhyāya* of the *Laghumānasa* of Muñjāla. His elaborate commentaries on the *Laghumānasa* and the *Āryabhaṭīya* are available, but that on the *Mahābhaskarīya-bhāṣya* of Govindasvāmin is known only from his reference to it. On astrology, he commented on the *Mahayātra* of Varāhamihira, and the *Jataka-karmapaddhati* of Śrīpati, both of which are popular.²