Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c11.16

c11.16

This pattern of families of *jyotiṣis* equipped with their own libraries that we can trace in some instances over several centuries was not the norm in South India, though family connections there also obviously had a strong influence. The area that is best known is Kerala, where libraries were maintained at the family *illam*, but where new members of the “school” were often recruited from outside the family. The most impressive line is that of Parameśvara⁸ (see Table 16); it can be continued from Acyuta to the middle of the nineteenth century.⁹ Other, lesser lines are known from Kerala; unfortunately, our information from other Dravidian-speaking areas is not detailed enough to discern any such pattern (but see Table 17).