A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s8.118

c10.s8.118

An astronomer who calls himself merely as Bhāradvāja has composed two important works, *viz.*, (1) *Gaṇitayuktayaḥ* which sets out the rationale of several mathematical and astronomical procedures and (2) *Karaṇadarpaṇa*, an advanced manual for astronomical computation. The former work cites frequently a ‘Bhāṣyakāra’ who is, obviously, Nilakaṇṭha Somayāji, Jyeṣṭhadeva, the author of *Yuktibhāṣa*,