I* C ANDR ACCHA Y AGAtflTA M Nilakanfha too refers to this work in his ABhMasya, Gola., 48 : cf. ^!&jsmft^rx& V$Vm***%BP*m (TSS 185, p. 149). ' 10. A Grahana-grantha, copied in continuation of Nllakantha's Siddhantadarpana-vyakhya- in the Trivandrum Palace manuscript No. 975. The work as available in this manuscript begins ( m a nd without any more introduction, continues : sr^swfq S^TT* ^ nifirtbX- wrnm: i irkw v&tm [>] STrJTsrcMr*: i It goes on to describe the necessity of correcting old astronomical constants by observation, deals in detail with the Sakabda-samskara, quotes the verses of N's Parama- guru Paramesvara from his Siddhtotadipikn (Mahabhaskanya-bhasya- vyakhya), 1 on the latter's observation of some, eclipses, and after some more discussions ends abruptly. There is no doubt that this work is from Nllakantha's pen. References herein to his own works, teacher, etc. fully confirm this point. One of his own works is referred to herein thus : aw txar mj s^ptr^ <Tc?rra?m*T ^h*^*— •sRn^urf etc. (p. 60 of my transcript). The verses quoted are from Nllakantha's Candracchuyaganita, vv. 8-10. He refers to his grand-teacher Parames- vara and his ABhMasya too, herein : cf, mm %£R^^Tf<nfa |Tfaf*rfew: fwf<tfw^ irw^n* H (pp. 57-58 of my transcript). The ABh. Bhasya aiso is referred to elsewhere in this work (cf. pp. 62, 63 of the transcript). For a characteristic reference to N's teacher, see : HttTJT, cfaf^Rfq an*TCtarcrfa? || (p. 61 of the transcript). 11. Grahapariksakrama (?). The well-known Kerala astrologer Puliynr Purushottaman NampOtiri has edited 2 an old, incomplete 3 1. Ed. Madras Govt. Or. Ser., 130 (1957). 2. Pub. by the Astrological Research Institute, Bombay-25, 1950. 3. The colophonic words at the end of the edition indicating its completion form only the editor's addition.
