[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.s8.162 # A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s8.162 A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s8.162 - **Language:** English ### [c10.s8.162](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.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 - [Previous: c10.s8.161](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8.161) - [Next: c10.s8.163](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8.163) - [Up: c10.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8) ## Cites (1) - [Āryabhaṭīya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.siddhanta.early.aryabhatiya.4) — Āryabhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8.162](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8.162) · Pramāṇa