Dear all, I came across the following verse in the colophon of an astronomical text (the *Siddhāntasindhu* of Nityānanda written in the early 1630s) that I am currently reading. In it, Nityānanda describes the first member of his family (resident in Indrapuri) as
*tasyāṃ vasan gauḍakulaprasūto 'nuśāsanenāpi dulīṇahaṭṭaḥ |īcchābhidho mudgalagotrajanmā babhūva pūrvaṃ sutapā manīṣī ||* Can anyone shed light on the word *dulīṇahaṭṭa*? Is this a known tradition among the Gauḍa Brahmins or is it a place (perhaps, the marketplace of Dulīna, in modern-day Jhajhar, Haryana?) I should add that Nityānanda mentions Indrapurī (Delhi) in the vicinity of Kurukṣetra in the immediately preceding verse. Many thanks! Best, AJ -- Anuj Misra, PhD Gerda Henkel Research Fellow Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies University of Copenhagen Karen Blixens Plads 8, Building 10 2300 Copenhagen S DENMARK +45 (0) 51 16 07 02 [email protected] https://ceemsa.hypotheses.org
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