CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 37 R. 15. 97. 16 leaves, in foKo; European paper; Devanagari character. Papermark of 1802. The text of the Aryahhatjmddh&ntay with a short commen- tary by an anonymous author. The commentary begins : fiviiiflitnmiifi'ftiibiiftfid^KiSW These few lines give an idea of the utterly corrupt condition of the MS. The following notices cannot therefore be guaranteed as being free from errors. Speaking of the divisions of astronomy into three branches — mathematics, astrology, and astronomy proper — the commentator remarks: TRW (jyotisham) ^ifUl^^lff^iiriKdl^* ^S^sR^nw^ I wen ^ ^^^h1: i Tftnt ^trt^ ^sorrat ^ ^f^
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^K r f<^^K ^JPRf (bhagana ?) ^i^^fufJmr^sft': ^^irtf|?rT- f<^«<^i^^ : ^TPiT^^: II Of Aryabhata he says that he was born in Saurashtra in the year 3600, and composed his work at the A age of twenty-three. This would place the birth of Aryabhata in
