[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.s6.27 # A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s6.27 A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s6.27 - **Language:** English ### [c10.s6.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s6.27) Nīlakaṇṭha Somayājī (1444-1545) mentions in the colophon to his \*Aryabhaṭīya-bhāṣya\*, Gaṇitapāda, Ravi as his teacher on Vedānta. He pays his respects to Ravi also in the beginning of his \*Siddhāntadarpaṇa\*. Ravi was also an erudite scholar in Jyotiṣa and has been identified as the author of \*Acāradīpikā\*, an elaborate metrical commentary on the \*Muhūrtadīpikā\*.² - [Previous: c10.s6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s6.26) - [Next: c10.s6.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s6.28) - [Up: c10.s6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s6) ## Cites (2) - [Siddhāntadarpaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.kerala.tantra.siddhantadarpana) — Nīlakaṇṭha Somayājī, Sanskrit - [Muhūrtadīpikā (Mahādeva)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.muhurta.nibandha.madhya.cintamani.muhurtadipika-mahadeva-bhatta) — Mahādeva 1636, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s6.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s6.27) · Pramāṇa