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4- The Vafcyanti was written by Yadavaprakasa, a Va.shnav.te monk of the eleventh century A. D. near Kanchi.
5- The Mankha.kosa was composed about mo A. D. probably by the poet Mankha.
6. The MaKm-kota has a more modern alphabetical arrangement and was composed by Medinikara, son of Prana-
Kara in the thirteenth century A. D.
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-**! was due to the fresh life infused into Indian astronomy under Greek influence, the exact date being uncertain, but*hardly earlier than A. D. 400. Lastly, the word Dinava occurs here, which as pointed out by Prinsep, is simply the Latin Denarius. The use of the term Tantra in the sense of ' text-book ! may perhaps also be cited in this connection, as it belongs only to a definite period, which is probably the fifth or sixth century^ the Hindus who emigrated to Java having taken the word with them in this sense. All this^ of course, yields us no direct date." The existence of a Chinese translation dated the second century A. D. has of late been discovered and so this work could not have been composed later than the first century of the Christian era.