[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.s5.1 # A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s5.1 A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s5.1 - **Language:** English ### [c10.s5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s5.1) Udayadivākara, surnamed Jyotiṣikabhaṭṭa, author of the elaborate commentary called \*Sundarī\* on the \*Laghubhāskarīya\*, which takes as its epoch 1073,⁶ probably hailed from Kerala. In the \*Sundarī\* he quotes as many as twenty verses from an unnamed work of a mathematician Jayadeva and comments on them.¹ His comments on Jayadeva are quoted also in the \*Līlāvatīvyākhyā\* (Kriyākramakarī) by Nārāyaṇa (Madras Ms. R. 2754, pp. 182, 183-84, 185). Possibly Udayadivākara has commented on Jayadeva’s work in full. - [Previous: c10.s4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s4.3) - [Next: c10.s5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s5.2) - [Up: c10.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s5) ## Cites (1) - [Laghubhāskarīya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.siddhanta.early.laghubhaskariya) — Bhāskara I, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s5.1) · Pramāṇa