A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s8.158

c10.s8.158

Ghaṭigopa, which is, presumably, not his real name but only the Sanskritisation of his personal or popular name,³ calls himself a disciple of Parameśvara and a devotee of God Padmanābha, the presiding deity of Trivandrum. His contribution to astronomy is in the form of two commentaries, one in Sanskrit and the other in Malayalam, on the Āryabhaṭīya. The commentary in Malayalam occurs in two