A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s8.18

c10.s8.18

Rudra (Mal. Uzhuttira) Vāriyar belonged to the Deśamaṅgalam Vāriyam, in South Malabar, which, during the middle ages, was a renowned centre of Sanskrit studies and a rich repository of manuscripts.⁴ Rudra wrote in A.D. 1527 his elaborate commentary called *Nauka* or *Vivarana* on Varahamihira's *Hora*.⁵ His other known work is the *Aṣṭamaṅgalapraśna* on a type of astrological query which is very popular in Kerala.⁶