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283), and one of that of Chinnabhatta's date. Madhavabhatta, (No. 284), and of that of Chinnabhatta, (No. 285). The last is called Tarkabhâshậprakâsikâ. Chinnabhatta was the son of Sahajasarvajña and the younger brother of Sarvajña and was patronized by Harihara, king of Vijayanagara. Ho thus lived in the latter part of the fourteenth century, and the Tarkabhâshâ therefore commented on by him must have been considerably older.
CLASS XII.-JYOTISHA. The Hindu Jyotisha is divided into three branches
entitled Siddhậnta, Samhitâ, Threo branches
branches and Horâbâstra. The first is (Skandhas).
also called Ganita and comprehends Mathematics and Astronomy proper; the second embraces a variety of miscellaneous subjects, --science, astrology, alchemy, portents, omens, &c.and the third comprises Horoscopy or Jâtaka and Tajika or judicial astrology and divination. Of works belonging to the first branch we have a copy of the Siddhantas or Gaạita.
ito Süryasiddhânta, (No. 360), and
of the Brahmasiddhânta in six chapters described as forming the Sâkalyasaṁhitâ, (No. 345). There is also a manuscript of the first Bhâskaracharya's works. part of Bhâskarâchârya's Sid
dhântaśiromaņi, (No. 357), and of the Goladhyâya or the fourth chapter with the author's annotations entitled Vâsanâbhâshya, (No. 358). This last manuscript was transcribed in Samvat 1576 or A.D. 1520. We have three copies of Kononokenthala this author's Karaṇakutûhala.a
work which expounds methods of various astronomical calculations, and among them that of determining the positions of the San, Moon, and Planets at any given time from their positions
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