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1600. A commentary on the Suryasiddhanta named गहनार्थप्रकाशिका | Gahanārthaprakāśikā.
By Viśvanatha Daivajña, son of Divakara Daivajña.
Substance, country-made paper. 11x4 inches. Lines 8 on a page. Character, Nagara.
Complete in 133 folia.
The author was an inhabitant of Benares. He has calculated (a) an eclipse of the moon which happened in Saka 1542, Mārgaśīrṣa Šukla 15, dated November 29, 1620 A.D. of Julian Calendar or December 9, 1620 A.D. of Gregorian Calendar. Folia 57.
Again he has calculated an eclipse of the sun which happened in Saka 1532, Margaśīrsa Kṛṣṇa 30, i.e. on December 5, 1610 A.D. of-Julian Calendar or on December 15, 1610 A.D. of Gregorian Calendar.
Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
The original verses of the Suryasiddhanta are not generally quoted. The opening lines run thus:
व्यचिन्त्येति ब्रह्मणे नमः इत्यन्वयः ब्रह्मणे बृहत्तात्रिविधपरिच्छेदश्शून्यायेत्यर्थः । किंभूताय व्यचिन्त्याव्यक्तरूपाय अचिन्त्यश्वासौ व्यव्यक्तरूपश्च तस्मै ।
etc.
The colophon on folio 115 runs thus:
Post-colophon:
इति श्रौदिवाकरदैवज्ञात्मजश्रीविश्वनाथदैवज्ञविरचिते सूर्यसिद्धान्ते सोदाहरणव्याख्याने गोलाध्यायः समाप्तः ।
सं १८६६ शाके १७३४ तत्राश्विन शुक्ल चतुर्थ्यां भृगुवासरे लिपौकृत रामकृष्ण ज्योतिर्विदेन ।
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