Report On Search For Sanskrit MSS Year 1882 1883

Author(s): R G Bhandarkar
Publisher: Government Central Book Depot

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Emperor Akbar. Of the third Horâsâstra or third
! branch we have got a large lot, branch of the Jyotisha.
nd first I shall speak of the Jậtakas or works teaching the casting of nativities. The first that deserves mention is Varâhamihira's Brihajjâtaka with two commentaries, one by Mahî
u dâsa and the other by Mahîdhara Jatakas of Varaha
18- (Nos. 341-343). There is a mihira and others.
copy of Utpala's commentary on it in the last year's collection. Then we have in the present collection a manuscript of Utpala's commentary on the Shatpañchâśikâ by Prithuyaśas, the son of Varahamihira, (No. 355). No. 311 is a copy of the Jâtakapaddhati by Srîpati who flourished before Keśava of Nandigrâma, the father of Ganesa, and No. 312 of a commentary on it by Madhava. No. 314 is a copy of the Jâtakapaddhati composed
Jatakpaddh ati by by Keśava of Nandigrâma with Keśava,' fathor of a commentary written by himGancía.
self. In this he refers to or quotes the following works and authors with others whose dates are well known :Kalyanavarman.
Ramakrishnapaddhati. Kesayamiśra.
Vallayupaddhati. Jîvasarman.
Sripati. Damodara.
Sridharapaddhati. Mhâlukapaddhati. Sridharâchârya. Yayana.
Sârâvali.
Horâmakaranda. The Śrîpati mentioned by Keśava is the same as the author of No. 311, since a quotation from Sripati in Kesaya's work is found in that manuscript. There is a copy of the Horâmakaranda in last year's collection. The author's name is Gunâkara, who was the son of another Sripati. Another commentary on Keśava's Paddhati by Visvanâtha, the son of Divakara, we have in last year's collection. The