[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.s8.168 # A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s8.168 A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s8.168 - **Language:** English ### [c10.s8.168](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8.168) Prince Śaṅkara Varmā, known also as Appu Tampuran, belonged to the royal house of Kaṭṭanāṭ in North Malabar. He was an astute astronomer and his \*Sadratnamālā\*,³ in six chapters, is a compendium of the Kerala school of mathematics and astronomy. The date of composition of the work is indicated in the concluding verse of the work by the chronogram \*lokāmbe siddhisevye\* (17,97,313), which falls in A. D. 1823. The author himself has written an elaborate commentary on the work, which, however, extends only up to verse 32 of the last chapter.⁴ - [Previous: c10.s8.167](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8.167) - [Next: c10.s8.169](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8.169) - [Up: c10.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8) ## Cites (1) - [Sadratnamālā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.kerala.golayukti.sadratnamala) — Śaṅkara Varman 1798, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8.168](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8.168) · Pramāṇa