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

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

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### [c10.s8.103](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.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.

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## Cites (1)

- [Gaṇitasārasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.ganita.patibija.pracina.ganitasarasangraha) — Mahāvīra (mathematician), Sanskrit

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