[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.s5.48 # A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s5.48 A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s5.48 - **Language:** English ### [c10.s5.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s5.48) Mādhava, referred to by later astronomers as \*Golavid\* ('Master of spherics'), was an astute mathematician who belonged to Saṅgamagrāma, identified with Irinjālakkuḍa, near Cochin. According to an old astronomical document, he belonged to the sub-caste of Kerala brāhmans called Emprān-s and the name of his house was Ilaññippaḷḷi.¹ In his \*Veṇvāroha\*,² he evolved a facile procedure to read out the true positions of the Moon every 36 minutes.³ He uses, in this work, a date in A. D. 1400 as the epoch, which gives a clue to his date. Among his known works are \*Lagnaprakaraṇa\* and a table of moon-mnemonics correct to the seconds. His \*Mahājyānayanaprakāra\* and \*Madhyamānayanaprakāra\*, for which short commentaries are available, contain novel theorems and computational methods evolved by him and used by later writers. - [Previous: c10.s5.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s5.47) - [Next: c10.s5.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s5.49) - [Up: c10.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s5.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s5.48) · Pramāṇa