Varāhamihira

There are several historically inaccurate legends about the ancestry of Varāhamihira:

There are several historically inaccurate legends about the ancestry of Varāhamihira:

* Jain writers [[Merutunga]] (14th century) and Rajashekhara-Suri claim that his original name was Varaha, and he was a brother of the Jain patriarch [[Bhadrabahu]]. He gained knowledge because of a favour by the Sun, because of which the suffix "Mihira" ("Sun") was added to his name.{{sfn|A.M. Shastri|1991|pp=8-9}} Jain authors seem to have fabricated this story to prove the pre-eminence of the Jain astrology over the Brahmanical astrology.{{sfn|A.M. Shastri|1991|p=17}}

* Jain writers [[Merutunga]] (14th century) and Rajashekhara-Suri claim that his original name was Varaha, and he was a brother of the Jain patriarch [[Bhadrabahu]]. He gained knowledge because of a favour by the Sun, because of which the suffix "Mihira" ("Sun") was added to his name.{{sfn|A.M. Shastri|1991|pp=8-9}}

* Another 20th century legend, purportedly based on "some old [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] text" claims that Aditya-dasa's wife was called Satya-vati alias Indu-mati: Varāhamihira was born to them in their fifties by the boon of the Sun. He was originally known as Mihira, and was given the prefix "Varaha" by King Vikramaditya when he correctly predicted that a boar (''varaha'' in Sanskrit) would kill the king's son.{{sfn|A.M. Shastri|1991|p=9}}

* Another 20th century legend, purportedly based on "some old [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] text" claims that Aditya-dasa's wife was called Satya-vati alias Indu-mati: Varāhamihira was born to them in their fifties by the boon of the Sun. He was originally known as Mihira, and was given the prefix "Varaha" by King Vikramaditya when he correctly predicted that a boar (''varaha'' in Sanskrit) would kill the king's son.{{sfn|A.M. Shastri|1991|p=9}}