[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.s5.34 # A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s5.34 A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s5.34 - **Language:** English ### [c10.s5.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s5.34) 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 - [Previous: c10.s5.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s5.33) - [Next: c10.s5.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s5.35) - [Up: c10.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s5) ## Cites (3) - [Bṛhajjātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.brhajjataka) — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit - [Muhūrtapadavī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.muhurta.kerala) - [Muhūrtaratna (Īśvaradāsa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.muhurta.nibandha.madhya.aryavarta.muhurtaratna) — Īśvaradāsa 1638, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s5.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s5.34) · Pramāṇa