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A manual of auspicious timings for religious rites. By Kes’ava, a resident of Nandigrama and the author of Jatakapaddhati. His son Ganes’a (au. Grahalaghava) has written a commentary on it. Kes’ava’s father was Kamalakara, whose two other sons were Ananta
(au. Kalanirnayavabodha; Bik., p. 399) and Rama, whose son was Nrsinha (au. Grahakaumudi;born in A. D. 1548; cf. I. O., No.2945 ). See Diksit. p. 258; Bhandarkar,Report, 1882-83, p. 30 (a list of authorities quoted by Kes’ava is given here); 1883-84, p. 83 and
Ganakatarangini, p. 173.For another Kes’ava,‘ an older writer, see below No. 332.The next verse counted as second is really the beginning of Ganes'a’s commentary, which however, is not given in the MS. |