[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.s8.178 # A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s8.178 A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s8.178 - **Language:** English ### [c10.s8.178](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8.178) Puruṣottaman Mūssatu of Kūṭṭaleṭṭu Mana is the author of \*Praśnayana\*,³ a comprehensive work in 1018 verses, distributed in fifteen sections called \*ayana\*'s, composed in A.D. 1881.⁴ The author mentions, at the beginning of his work, his teachers as Bhāskara, Śaṅkara, Vahni and Nārāyaṇa and, at the close, he indicates the inspiration behind its composition : - [Previous: c10.s8.177](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8.177) - [Next: c10.s8.179](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8.179) - [Up: c10.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8.178](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8.178) · Pramāṇa