A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s5.17

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Kṛṣṇa, called also Kṛṣṇācārya, is the author of *Cintajñāna*, a comprehensive work on astrology in thirtytwo chapters. No personal details about him are known but his being quoted frequently as an authority by later writers, the earliest of them being Govinda Bhaṭṭatiri of Talakkulam (1237-95), is a pointer to his popularity and his date, which might be taken to be about 1200 or before. He may be identical with Kṛṣṇa, the author of a commentary on the *Horā* of Varahamihira, of which a manuscript has come to light. Kṛṣṇa's *Cintajñāna* has a popular commentary called *Caturasundarī* by Viṣṇu.⁴