[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.s6.3 # A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s6.3 A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s6.3 - **Language:** English ### [c10.s6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s6.3) Parameśvara was a prolific writer, author of about 30 works, including original treatises and commentaries, both on astronomy and astrology. Among his original writings on astronomy might be mentioned the \*Dṛggaṇita\* (1430),¹ three works on spherics, being the \*Goladīpikās\* I-III (1443),² three works on improved computation and rationale of eclipses, viz., \*Grahaṇāṣṭaka\*,³ \*Grahaṇamaṇḍana\*⁴ and \*Grahaṇanyāyadīpikā\*,⁵ a text on the computation of the Moon-shadow, entitled \*Candracchāyāgaṇita\* and a rationale on the computation of mnemonic tables, \*Vākyakaraṇa\*.⁶ He has commented on the \*Ārya-bhaṭīya\*,⁷ \*Mahābhāskarīya\*,⁸ \*Mahābhāskarīya-bhāṣya\*,⁹ \*Laghubhāskarīya\*,¹⁰ \*Suryasiddhānta\*, \*Laghumānasa\*¹¹ \*Līlāvatī\*, \*Goladīpikā\* I¹² and \*Vyatipātaṣṭaka\*. Some of his commentaries, like, for instance, those on the \*Āryabhaṭīya\* and \*Mahābhāskarīya-bhāṣya\*, are extremely valuable for the historian of Hindu astronomy, since they contain the enunciation of some of his new findings, theories and interpretations. Two of his works on astronomy, viz., \*Vākyadīpikā\* and \*Bhādīpikā\*, are yet to be recovered. His writings on astrology include \*Ācārasaṅgraha\* in two versions, one of them ending with \*Vivahānukulyam\*, \*Jātakapaddhati\*, and \*Ṣaḍvargaphalam\* and commentaries on the \*Jātakakarmapaddhati\* of Śrīpati, \*Praśnaṣaṭpañcāśikā\* of Pṛthuyaśas, an anonymous \*Muhūrtaṣṭaka\* and the \*Muhūrtaratna\* of Govinda Bhaṭṭatiri.¹ - [Previous: c10.s6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s6.2) - [Next: c10.s6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s6.4) - [Up: c10.s6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s6) ## Cites (14) - [Līlāvaī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.prakrit.lilavai) — Kouhala, Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit - [Sūryasiddhānta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.siddhanta.early.suryasiddhanta) — Maya, Sanskrit - [Āryabhaṭīya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.siddhanta.early.aryabhatiya) — Āryabhaṭa, Sanskrit - [Goladīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.kerala.golayukti.goladipika) — Parameśvara of Vaṭasseri, Sanskrit - [Bhādīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.kerala.sphuta.bhadipika) — Parameśvara of Vaṭaśreṇi, Sanskrit - [Mahābhāskarīya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.siddhanta.early.mahabhaskariya) — Bhāskara I, Sanskrit - [Muhūrtaratna (Īśvaradāsa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.muhurta.nibandha.madhya.aryavarta.muhurtaratna) — Īśvaradāsa 1638, Sanskrit - [Laghubhāskarīya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.siddhanta.early.laghubhaskariya) — Bhāskara I, Sanskrit - [Vākyakaraṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.kerala.sphuta.vakyakarana) — Sanskrit - [Dṛggaṇita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.kerala.tantra.drgganita) — Parameśvara of Vaṭasseri, Sanskrit - [Grahaṇamaṇḍana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.kerala.grahana.grahanamandana) — Parameśvara of Vaṭasseri, Sanskrit - [Laghumānasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.siddhanta.karana.pracina.laghumanasa) — Muñjāla, Sanskrit - [Jātakapaddhati (Keśavārka)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.paddhati.kesavi.jatakapaddhati-kesavarka) — Keśavārka, Sanskrit - [Candracchāyāgaṇita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.kerala.golayukti.candracchayaganita) — Nīlakaṇṭha Somayājī, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s6.3) · Pramāṇa