The colophons at the ends of the various chapters run as follows:
(1) श्रीमदानंदपुरोयभट्टमदत्तसुतवटेश्वरावेरचिते स्वनामसंज्ञिते स्फुटस्मिद्धांते
- मध्यगतिः प्रथमोधिकारः
(2) श्रीमदानंदपुनायभट्टमहदत्तसुतवेश्वटेरविरचिते स्फुटसिद्धांते स्वनामसंज्ञिति
- ---टगत्पधिकारोयः ॥ ॥
(3) श्रीमदादन्पपुरीयभट्टमहदत्तसुतवठोश्चरविरचिते स्वनामसंज्ञिते स्फुटसिद्धान्ते
- भट्टगोविंदाबतारिते त्रिप्रश्नाध्यापस्तृतीयः । ।
(4) श्रीमदानंदपुरीयभट्टमहदत्तसुतवटेश्चरकिचिते स्वनामसंज्ञिते स्फुट सिद्धांत
- भट्टगोविन्दाचतारिते चंद्रग्रहणाधिकारश्चतुर्थः । ।
(5) श्रीमदानंदयुरीयभट्टमहदत्तसुतचटेश्चरविरचिते स्वनामसंज्ञिते स्फुटसिद्धान्त
- भट्टगोविंदावतारिते रविग्रहणाधिकारः पंचमः । ।
(6) श्रीमदानन्दपुरीयभट्टमहदत्तसुतवटेश्चरविरचिते रवनामसंज्ञिते स्फुटसिद्धान्ते
- भट्टगोविन्दावतारिते उदयास्तमयधिकारष्षष्ठः ।
Mss. A and B bear striking similarity. The differences are trivial. Both begin with obeisance to God Krsna and have the same colophons at the ends of the chapters. Both bear the same incorrect punctuation and in both of them the same verses are numbered in the same way. Thus there is no doubt that they were copied from copies of the same original. A glaring proof of this is that the rule contained in vs. 25 of Chapter I, Section 5, which is missing from MsA is also missing from MsB. It has been inserted editorially to fill the gap.
EDITORIAL NOTE
The manuscripts described above, which were used for the present edition, being full of errors, omissions, repetitions and distortions, a large number of rules stated in the Vateśvara-siddhānta being new, having no counterpart in any other work on Hindu astronomy, and there being no commentary of the text to serve as a guide in deciphe
