Of Gārgyagotra; born in Śaka 1491 (1569 A. D.), son of Candrikā and Nīlakaṇṭha Jyotirvid
(a. of the astronomical portion of Ṭoḍarānanda and Tājikanīlakaṇṭhī composed in 1587
A. D. and honoured by Emperor Akbar); nephew of Rāma (a. of Muhūrtacintāmaṇi, composed
at Benares in 1599 A. D. and Rāmavinoda) and father of Ananta Daivajña (NCC. I. Revised
edn. p. 170a); Cintāmaṇi Jyotirvid (a. of Prastāracintāmaṇi composed in 1630 A. D.,
IO. i. [Page195-b] p. 307a) and Mādhava Jyotirvid (a. of C. on Nīlakaṇṭha's Tājika,
IO. 3053. L. 1898); the family originally belonged to Dharmapuri on the banks of the
Godāvarī in Berar from where his grandfather Ananta migrated to Benares; studied grammar
and Jyotiṣa from his father; patronized by Emperor Jehangir.
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