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was a reputed astronomer of the times. Manuscripts of several works पृuoted by Nilakantha are yet to be unearthed and a detailed study of the Imumerous authorities quoted by Nilakantha is bound to throw welcome light on the ammals of Hindu astronomy As mentioned earlier, the textual verses of the Siddldrta-darp07 40 had been edited by me with Translation through the pages of the 4dy4ar Library Bulletir in 1955. The authorities of the Adyar Library and Research Centre graciously agreed to my using the said edition in the present publication with Commentary. I am extremely grateful to them for this kind gesture. From out of the ten manuscripts made use of in this edition, mine, being five manuscripts of the text, one of the Text with Commentary, and three of the Appendices, belong to the Oriental Research Institute and Mss. Library of the Kerala University Trivandrum. My thanks are due in full measure to the authorities of this institution for making these manuscripts available for my study My thanks are due in equal measure also to the India 0ffice Library, London, from whom the tenth manuscript was procured. To Prof. T.S. Kuppamma Sastry, formerly of the Presidency College, Madras, I am indebted for the interest he took in the work and the help and advice he gave towards its edition and translation . True to form, the W.W.R.1. Press have done their work with painstalking care. Full credit is due to them in this regard. Panjab University, Hoshiarpur Independence Day 1. On this Madhava, (c. 1340-1425), who was a teacher of Parame5vara, see the present writer's Introduction to his edition of Madhava's ewaroha, (Trippunithura, Cochin, 1957), and Spl44candrapt (Hoshiarpur, 1973)