Crown of Treatises: Chapter on Mathematics

The evidence for the chronological order of these texts will undoubtedly be proven through the sequence of calculations. Furthermore, [Sudhakar] Dwivedi, in his work The River of Mathematicians original: "Ganaka-Tarangini", has shown another sequence by citing the words of Parashara.

Bhattotpala (888 Saka era / 966 CE) wrote a commentary on Varahamihira’s Great Compilation original: "Brihat Samhita"; ✻ the following verses are found therein—

"The science which the Sun previously gave to Maya,

the lord of the Danavas, who had bowed down in devotion;

that nectar of knowledge which Vishnu and Vashistha,

the foremost among the great sages, attained;

and that most wonderful secret of the gods which

Parashara obtained from the Moon;

those saintly great sages revealed that knowledge

to the Greeks original: "Yavanas" in due succession."

In the Discernment of the Principles of Reality original: "Siddhanta-Tattva-Viveka", Kamalakara Bhatta has indicated the sequence in this manner—

"What Brahma told Narada, what the Moon told Shaunaka clearly,

what the sage named Vashistha told Mandavya, and what the Sun told Maya."

Shri Bapudeva Shastri has written that in the Light of Shambhu’s Horoscopy original: "Shambhu-Hora-Prakasha" † the following sequence is given—

✻ Edited by the late Shri Sudhakar Dwivedi and published by the Kashi Medical Hall Press. It has two volumes. No better commented edition of the Brihat Samhita than this has ever been published.

† This is a work on the results of horoscopy term: Jataka; the branch of astrology dealing with individual births by a certain Deccan astrologer named Punjaraja. It was composed for the pleasure of Shambhudasa, the ruler of Nandidvara city. Shambhudasa was born in 1584 Saka era (1662 CE).