बृहत्संहिता (आचार्य वराहमिहिर - स्थापत्य, खगोल, मौसम व जल विज्ञान)

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written Samhitas. He refers to them and sometimes
quotes them and gives his views in addition, for the
benefit of mankind (vide I-5). The पराशरतन्त्र (Parasara
Tantra) is partly in prose and partly in verse of अनुष्टुभ्
(Anushtub) and आर्या (Arya) type. The geographical
details given in Chapter XIV are taken with slight
changes from this तन्त्र (Tantra). So, it can be said to
be the geography of India at the time of Parasara.
According to tradition, it was Varahamihira that fixed
the sphere at the beginning of Aswini (Cf. III-1).
His style, though at times archaic, is simple, grace-
ful and pithy, bearing the stamp of individuality and
affinity to सुश्रुत (Susruta) and Kalidasa. That is the
reason why he was ranked among the nine gems of the
Court of Vikrama.)
The author was the son of आदित्यदास (Adityadasa)
of Ujjain (बृ. जा. XXVIII-9). The Astronomers of Ujjain
have held that वराह (Varaha) belonged to the 427th year
of Saka era or 505 A. D. This date is confirmed by Albi-
runi also as that of the composition of his पञ्चसिद्धान्तिका
(Pancha Siddhantika). But Dr. Bhau Daji declares
that वराह (Varaha) died in 587 A. D. Hence it should
be concluded that 505 A. D. is the date of his birth and
not of his composition. Scholars hold that वराह (Varaha)
quotes आर्यभट (Aryabhata) who was born in 476 A. D.
This also points to the above conclusion regarding the
date of his birth. About the statement made in the
ज्योतिर्विदाभरण (Jyotirvidabharana) we can only say that
it was not written by Kalidasa, the author of Raghu-
vamsa, etc. Probably there were many Kalidasas and
one such was the one belonging to the 6th century A. D.