A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s8.103

c10.s8.103

The author does not give out his personal name anywhere in his works, but gives his family name, viz., Āzhvāñceri Tamprākkaḷ.² Some of the manuscripts of his works are dated. The earliest of these dates, viz., A.D. 1756, which is possibly, the date of composition of the work, occurs in a manuscript of *Gaṇitasārasaṅgraha* Section of *Jyotiśśāstra-saṅgraha*, Kerala C. 2183-I. This provides a clue to the author's date, which might be put as *c.* 1725-1800.