[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.s8.14 # A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s8.14 A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s8.14 - **Language:** English ### [c10.s8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.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 - [Previous: c10.s8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8.13) - [Next: c10.s8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8.15) - [Up: c10.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8) ## Cites (1) - [Muhūrtadīpaka (Mahādeva)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.muhurta.nibandha.laghu.muhurtadipaka-mahadeva) — Mahādeva 1615, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8.14) · Pramāṇa