[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.s8.154 # A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s8.154 A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s8.154 - **Language:** English ### [c10.s8.154](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8.154) Parameśvara, disciple of Agnidatta, was a member of the Nampūtiri family of Purayannūr (Skt. Puradahanapura), in the Vaḷḷuvanāṭ taluk of South Malabar. He was a poet of merit and is the author of two long poems in Malayalam. His significant contribution to Jyotiṣa is his commentary Varadīpikā, composed, in A.D. 1815 (cf. ‘naḷadhi’-saṅkhya-koḷambe, M.E. 990), on the Muhūrtapadavī II of Māttūr Puruṣottaman Nampūtiri. This commentary is highly elucidative, profusely documented and extremely elaborate, in 2000 granthas for a text of 35 verses. One of the important works quoted by Parameśvara is the Prācīna-Muhūrtapadavī (Muhūrtapadavī I), supposed to have been written by Govinda Bhaṭṭatiri of Taḷakkuḷam.¹ - [Previous: c10.s8.153](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8.153) - [Next: c10.s8.155](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8.155) - [Up: c10.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Muhūrtapadavī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.muhurta.kerala) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8.154](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8.154) · Pramāṇa