[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972) › c10.s8.140 # A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s8.140 A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s8.140 - **Language:** English ### [c10.s8.140](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8.140) A Śaṅkara, about whom little personal details are available, is the author of two works, entitled \*Jātakasāra\* (III) and \*Praśnasāra\* (I).⁵ Both are in Malayalam prose interspersed with Sanskrit verse and have four chapters each. The former deals with the main topics of practical astrology starting from the drawing of a horoscope, and the latter with astrological queries relating to age, marriage, children and profit and loss. He is, probably, the author also of \*Praśnānuṣṭhana-paddhati\*, which occurs in two versions, I and II. - [Previous: c10.s8.139](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8.139) - [Next: c10.s8.141](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8.141) - [Up: c10.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8) ## Cites (2) - [Jātakasāradīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.nibandha.horaratna-works.jatakasaradipa) — Nṛsiṃha, Sanskrit - [Praśnasāra (Mādhava Bhaṭṭa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.prasna.daksina.prasnasara-madhava) — Mādhava Bhaṭṭa 1518, Malayalam --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8.140](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8.140) · Pramāṇa