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Note that the ayanāmsa in 1576 was about 14', which places all of the tropical longitudes within the sidereal Jongitudes indicated in the text.
II. The Subodha, a vịtti on the Jātakakarmapaddhati composed by Sripati in about 1050.1 The final verses are edited below on the authority of manuscripts in this British Library (Or. 5208) and in the LD Jnstitute (2538) :
śrīmadañcalagano'sti vivekacchedako bhuvi muniśasarojaḥ mānasah pravitatāgamapakṣo dūrato gatakubodhavipakşah 11 jayanti hi cidānandā mahānandapradāyinah śrimanto 'traikakaiyaņasāgará mānasaukasah 11 asamś ca tacchāsanakärino budhaḥ śriharsaratnābhidhapăthakottamā siddhāntapāțiganitādikāgamajñānapraviņā viditā yaśasvinaḥ 11 siddhāntabrahmatulyādigrahasādhanahetave sukhopāyaḥ kṛto yaiḥ susisyāņām anukampaya 11 tacchisyena vinirmame sumatiyuggharsena satpaddhateh vșttair daivavidām sukhārthajanani śrīmadguror bhāvataḥ srimatpārsvasivaprasattinibhștā padmavati pattane varse rămamunīšaşodaśamite subhre 'śvaşaşthidine 11
These verses begin by extolling the Añcalagaccha and its leader, the well-known and prolific author, Kalyānasagara Süri, one of whose patrons was Bhoja, Mahārāja of Kaccha from 1631 to 1645.2 There still survive a number of manuscripts copied during his spiritual rule of the Ancalagaccha, which I list below in chronological order. Praśāsti refers to Amộtalāla Maganalāla Saha, Sríprašastisangraha, Ahmedabad 1936, Vol. 2.
1. Prasasti p. 173 no. 690. Santinathacaritra. Copied for Māņikyalābha, pupil of Jayalābha Gani, pupil of Gajalābba Gani, on Thursday 7 November 1611 during rule of Kalyāņasāgara.
2. LDI 2631. Punyapalakathanaka. Copied by Kalyānasagara's pupil, Matinidhana, in 1614.
3. Berlin or. fol. 2591.3 Camda pannatti. Copied by Rājasika, a resident of Navyanagara, at the command of Kalyānasāgara on 21 February 1620.
4. LDI 5692. Jyotişaratnamala of Sripati. Copied by Jñānsekhara, the pupil of Kalyāṇasāgara's pupil, Saubhāgyasāgara Sūri, at Bhujadranga in 1620.
5. Prasasti p. 187 no. 745. Daśavaikalikasütra. Copied for Sāngāka, a resident of Bhujanagara, in 1621 during the reign of Kalyānasāgara.
6. Prasasti p. 188 no. 748. Simhasanadyātrimśikā. Copied by Jñānasāgara, pupil of Viracandra, at Mändavi on Friday 14 September 1621 during the reign of Kalyäņasāgara.
7. Prasasti p. 188 no. 749. Uttaradhyayanasūtra. Copied for Hirajika, a resident of Pattananagara, and given to Lāvanyasāgara by Kalyāṇasägara on Thursday 3 October 1622.
1. The Jatakakarmapaddhati was also commented on by Sumatiharsa's contemporary, Krsna, at Kāśi, this.
was published by J.B. Chaudhari, Calcutta 1955. See also CESS A2, 55a-55b, and A4, 596-60a. 2. NCC vol. 3, pp. 259-260. 3. CESS A4, 387a. 900
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