A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s8.14

c10.s8.14

Nārāyaṇan Nampūtiri hailing from the village of Kāṇvavastu, which is differently identified with Tṛkkaṇṇapuram and Kaṇṇanparampu in Malabar, was the son of Keśava.² Nārāyaṇa's *Muhūrtadīpaka* is a comprehensive treatise in about 400 verses on the selection of auspicious times for social and religious functions and has been cited as an authority by Śaṅkara of Mahiṣamaṅgalam (see below).³