[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.s8.149 # A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s8.149 A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s8.149 - **Language:** English ### [c10.s8.149](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8.149) Nārāyaṇan Iḷayatu was a member of the Chāntampiḷḷi family in Maccāṭ near Cochin. He was a gifted poet, author of several poems in Sanskrit and Malayalam and a resourceful astrologer whose predictions have developed into legends.¹ He was patronised by the royal house of Cochin, especially by Śaktan Thampurāṇ. In Jyotiṣa, he wrote the Jyotiṣabhāṣāvali, called also Maccāṭṭu-Bhāṣa, being an introduction to astrology, and the Jātakadeśaratna,² based on the Jātadeśamārga of Putumana Somayāji.³ - [Previous: c10.s8.148](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8.148) - [Next: c10.s8.150](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8.150) - [Up: c10.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8.149](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8.149) · Pramāṇa