A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s6.54

c10.s6.54

The author of *Laghuvivṛti* (A. D. 1556), which is an erudite commentary on the *Tantrasaṅgraha*, was a disciple of Nīlakaṇṭha Somayājī and protege of (Netra) Nārāyaṇa (Āzhvāñceri Tamprākkaḷ), both of whom are mentioned in the beginning of that commentary, is identified with Śaṅkara Vāriyar of Tṛkkuṭaveli family. Though the name of the author is not mentioned in the commentary itself, some manuscripts of that commentary (Kerala Univ. 8351, 8906, C. 524) carry the following post-colophonic statement, in Malayalam, by the scribe : *ī vyākhyānam Tṛkkuṭaveli-c-Caṅkaravāriyar oṭukkattu camaccatu | Āzhvāñcerikku veṇṭiṭṭu sukhame śikṣiccu camacu ennu Paraññoṭṭu paraññu keṭṭu* | : ‘This commentary was composed last by Tṛkkuṭaveli Śaṅkara Vāriyar. It is stated to have been said by Paraññoṭṭu that it was composed with great care for the sake of Āzhvāñceri’. The person referred to here as Paraññoṭṭu is very likely to be Paraññoṭṭu