A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s5.34

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Govinda Bhaṭṭatiri of Talakkuḷattūr family belonged to the village of Ālattūr in S. Malabar and is renowned as the progenitor of the famous Pāzhūr Kaṇiyār family of astrologers A line of astronomical tradition which he started continued for more than 700 years.³ The dates of his birth and death are given by tradition by the Kali chronograms *rakṣed govindam arkaḥ* (15,84,362) and *kalindīpriyatuṣṭaḥ* (16,12,891), which fall, respectively, in A. D. 1237 and 1295. His elaborate commentary *Daśādhyāyī* on the *Horā*, called so on account of its commenting only chs. I to X of the work, deals, in substance, with the entire *Horā*.⁴ His *Muhūrtaratna* has been very popular. He is said to have written also a *Muhūrtapadavī*, which formed the basis for several later works of that name (Ul. II, 110).⁵