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Laghumānasa remained popular even as late as 1500 Ś.E.(A.C. 1578).
Aryabhața II, the author of Laghu Āryasiddhānta, is dated circa S.E. 87572 (953 A.C.).
Next comes Caturveda Pṛthūdakaswamin.73 Then Bhaṭṭotpala (circa 889 S.E.-967A.C.) wrote commentaries on the works of Varāhamihira, such as Yātrā, Bṛhajjātaka, Laghujātaka and Bṛhatsamhita. Karaṇatilaka was written by Vijayanandi in S.E. 888 (966 A.C.). Then Bhanubhaṭṭa Bhānarju (circa S.E. 900 = 978 A.C.) wrote a work entitled Rasayaṇatantra75.
Śrīpati lived in circa Ś.E. 961 (1039 A.C.). He wrote two Jātakagranthas named Siddhantasekhara and Dhikotidakarana, one Muhurtagrantha Ratnamālā and a Jātakagrantha Jātakapaddhati. In his work Dhikotidakaraṇa he discussed the topics of solar and lunar eclipses". Varuna (circa S.E. 962 = 1040 A.C.) wrote a commentary on Khaṇḍakhādya of Brahmagupta. Rājamrgānka has been written by Bhojarāja in S.E. 964(1042 A.C.). Karaṇakamalamārtaṇḍa is a Karaṇagrantha written by Daśabala (Ś.E. 980 = 1058 A.C.). This work 72. BJ., pp. 321 f.
73. Bhaskaracarya mentioned him at many places. From the reference of his name in the commentary on Khandakhadya by Varuna, he seems to have flourished sometime before S.E. 962 (1040 A.C.) (BJ, p. 325).
74. BJ., p. 327
75. Ibid., p. 329
76. According to Sudhakara Dvivedi he also wrote two Muhurtagranthas, named Ratnavali and Ratnasara (BJ, p. 330).
77. Though this work is not famous for the present there are two chapters on solar and lunar eclipses (BJ, p. 330).
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