[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972) › c10.s3.1 # A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s3.1 A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s3.1 - **Language:** English ### [c10.s3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s3.1) In Govindasvāmin, teacher of Śaṅkaranārāyaṇa (see below) who was the court astronomer of King Ravi Varma Kerala, we have one of the ablest exponents of Bhāskara I and of the \*Āryabhaṭan\* system. His elaborate \*Bhāṣya\* on the \*Mahābhāskarīya\*⁶ contains new ideas and mathematical elaborations which remain to be fully recognised and expounded in terms of modern mathematics.⁷ An original work of his on astronomy and mathematics, which is quoted under the title \*Govindakṛti\* by later writers like Śaṅkaranārāyaṇa, Nīlakaṇṭha Somayāji and Nārāyaṇa,¹ is yet to be recovered. So also is his work on astrology which is referred to by Nilakaṇṭha as \*Govindapaddhati\*.² However, manuscripts of his short commentary called \*Prakaṭārtha\* or \*Sampradāyapradīpikā\* on \*Parāśarahorā\* are known but it is yet to be issued in print.³ - [Previous: c10.s2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s2.23) - [Next: c10.s3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s3.2) - [Up: c10.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s3) ## Cites (3) - [Govindakṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.kerala.tantra.govindakrti) — Govindasvāmin (astronomer), Sanskrit - [Govindapaddhati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.kerala.tantra.govindapaddhati) — Govindasvāmin (astronomer), Sanskrit - [Mahābhāskarīya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.siddhanta.early.mahabhaskariya) — Bhāskara I, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s3.1) · Pramāṇa