Mata-parīkṣā-śikṣā ("A Lesson for the [Author of the] Mataparīksā") is an 1839 Sanskrit-language text by Somanātha, apparently a pseudonym for Subaji Bapu of British India.
According to an anonymous English-language note on the manuscript of the text, the author was Subaji Bapu, a Marathi-speaking astrologer (jyotisha) of Central India, who enjoyed the patronage of the British civil servant and Orientalist Lancelot Wilkinson.
James R. Ballantyne, who wrote the entry for the text in India Office Library and Records (IOLR)'s catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, disputes this information.
[3] As an example, Somanātha criticizes the Genesis narrative that describes the creation as merely 6,000 years old, finding the Hindu system of kalpas (aeons) superior.
It comprises 107 verses, spanning seven folios, and is organized into 3 chapters:[12] Subaji's arguments include the following: Criticism of Christianity Defense of Hinduism The text is known from only an India Office Library and Records (IOLR) manuscript, which contains many scribal errors.