A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s8.162

c10.s8.162

distinct versions, the longer one being nearly one and a half times in extent as the shorter. In the shorter version, under *Kalakriyā* 4, Ghaṭigopa gives the rationale for the 248 *candra-vākyas*. An indication of his date is given by his mention of Putumana Somayāji's (1675-1750) *Pañcabodha*, *Chāyākhaṇḍa* 20, in the said shorter version of his commentary. Ghaṭigopa might, for this reason, be palced after 1800.¹