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Pandita Jagannatha Samrat (1652-1744) was an Indian astronomer and mathematician in the court of Jai Singh. He learned Arabic and Persian in order to study Islamic astronomy. His works include Rekhaganita, a translation of Euclid's Elements from Arabic; Siddhantasarakaustubha, a translation of the Almagest from Arabic; and two works on astronomical instruments such as the astrolabe, Siddhanta-samrat and Yantraprakara, which also record astronomical observations made by Jagannatha.
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- K. V. Sarma. "Jagannatha Samrat." In Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures, ed. Helaine Selin, pp. 460-61. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997.
