Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A v1.c7.46

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Acyuta, born at Kuṇḍapura (Tṛkkaṇṭiyūr) in Kerala, was a member of the Piṣāraṭi community, a section of the Ampalavāsi community which is traditionally employed in looking after the external affairs of temples. He studied astronomy under Jyeṣṭhadeva (q.v.); his patron was Ravivarman, King of Prakāśa (Veṭṭattuṇād) (1595-1607). He was a scholar in grammar (his famous pupil, Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭatiri [1560-ca. 1646], refers to him in his *Prakriyāsarvasva*), poetics, and medicine as well as in astronomy and astrology.