Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A v2.c10.2642

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Govindasvāmin was the teacher of Saṅkaranārāyaṇa (*fl.* 869) who observed the equinoctial shadow at Kollapurī (Quilon, Kerala) in Paighyarāṣṭra and was astronomer in the court of Ravivarmadeva or Sthāṇu Ravi (b. 844) at Mahodayapura; see K. K. Raja [1963] 127–128. Two of his works referred to by Nīlakaṇṭha (b. 1443), the *Govindapaddhati* and the *Govindakṛti*, are lost; but two survive.