Report On Search For Sanskrit MSS Year 1882 1883

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

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We have several manuscripts of works on what is Tajika.
called Tajika or general astroSamarsiriha's logy, of which I shall notice
Tajikasâ ra. a few. Nos. 320-322 are copies of different parts of the Tajikasara by Samarasimha. The author traces his descent to Chandasimha, of the Prag vâța family, who was a minister of the Chaulukya kings of Gujarat. He was probably the same person as Chaqdapa, who, as stated by Someśvara in the Kîrtikaumudî, (III., 1–4), also belonged to the Prâgvâţa family and was a Mantrin or counsellor and an ancestor of Vastupâla. From Chandasimha sprang Sobhanadeva who had a son of the name of Samanta. Samanta's son was Kumârsimba who was the father of our author. No. 322, which is a copy of the third section of the work, was transcribed in 1491 Sainvat corresponding
to 14.35 A.D.; (V., Appendix Tejahsimha's Daiva- TI). No. 327' is Daiyajânjñâlamkriti,
lamkriti by Tejaḥsimha. The pedigree of the author is given in the colophon, but the reading is very corrupt and what appears likely is this. Tejahsimha like Samarasimha belonged to the Prâgvâta family, but he is much older than the latter. Sârangadeva of the Chaulukya dynasty of Gujarat, who reigned from 1277 to 1297 A.D., had a Mantrin or counsellor whose name appears to have been Vikrama. Of him was born another Mantrin of the name of Vijayasimha, and his brother was Tejahsirha, the author of the work before us. (W., Appendix II.). We have also a copy of the Tajikalamkâra by
Sürya, (No. 326), who lived at Sürya's Tajikalamkâra. Pârthapura on the northern bank of the Godâvarî. His father's name was Jñânarâja who was himself an astronomer of great repute, being the author of a work called the Siddhẫnta