[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970) › v1.c7.46 # Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A v1.c7.46 Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A v1.c7.46 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c7.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v1.c7.46) 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. - [Previous: v1.c7.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v1.c7.45) - [Next: v1.c7.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v1.c7.47) - [Up: v1.c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v1.c7) ## Linked texts (1) - [Prakriyāsarvasva](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.prakriya.prakriyasarvasva) — Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa of Melputtūr 1616, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v1.c7.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v1.c7.46) · Pramāṇa