A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s2.16

c10.s2.16

In horary astrology, the work Kerala-dvādaśabhāvavākyāni, in 12 chapters, is ascribed to Vararuci; the manuscripts of the work carry expressive colophons such as iti Keralīya-Vararuci-vakye and Kerala Vararuci-prokta. Two anonymous works, both entitled Kerala-dvādaśabhava-phalam, one in verse and the other in prose, are allied to Kerala-Vararuci's work mentioned above. Another work of Vararuci is the Vārarucika, an extenstive treatise on general astrology in 12 chapters. Still another work called Vararuci-kerala called also Jātakarahasya and Kerala-rahasya on horoscopy is, also, attributed to him. The Vararuci, who is the author of the above works on astrology might be identical, but it is not possible to assert that he is the same as the author of the Candra-vakyas.