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प्रवरः

• विश्वामित्र, अघमर्षण, कौशिक

अर्वाचीनाः

वसुबन्धुः

A bauddha of the AghamarShaNa kaushika gotra from puruShpapura (now Peshawar in the Terrorist State).

केशवदैवज्ञः

Keśava composed the astronomical treatise called “Graha Kautuka” and several other works and commentaries on astronomy and astrology. Keśava has been considered as one of the best observational astronomers of ancient India.

His father, Kamalakara, was also an eminent astronomer.

गणेश-दैवज्ञः

Ganeśa Daivajna, son of keshava, was a reputed astronomer and was born in Saka 1429 (ad 1507) at a village called Nandigrama on the Western Coast, about 40 miles south of Mumbai (Bombay) in the Konkan region of Maharashtra state.

Ganeśa himself authored several important treatises and manuals on astronomy and astrology. Included among them are “Grahalāghava,” “Laghu- and Brht-Tithi Chintamani,” a commentary on Bhaskara II’s “Siddharta Siromani,” “Buddhi Vilasini,” a commentary on Bhaskara II’s “Lilavati,” “Sraddha nirnaya,” “Patasārani,” and “Parva nimaya.” It is believed that Ganeśa composed his first work, “Graha Laghava,” when he was only 13 years old. “Laghu Tithi Chintamani” was composed in ad 1525 when he was 18 years old and “Buddhi Vilasini” in ad 1545.

गङ्गाधरः

Gangadhara was a Vajasaneyi Brahmin belonging to Kaushika gotra. Fine astronomer. Gangadhara’s commentary on “Laghu Lāghava” is called “manorama.” His father himself has composed “Muhurta Mārtanda.”

भास्कररायो मखीन्द्रः

of stunning scholastic achievements, restorer of temples, reviver of traditions, who took as wife the daughter of the mAdhva he routed in debate, who taught chandrasEna jAdava saMskRtam [M].