A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s8.182

c10.s8.182

According to this statement, Madhyāraṇyadvija (Iṭakkāṭ or Panakkāṭ Nampūtiri) composed his *Praśnamārga* in the Kollam year *marādi* (825=A.D. 1650)⁵ and a grand-pupil of his (identified as Nārāyaṇan Iḷayatu of Maccāṭ, 1765-1842) composed the *Jātakadeśaratna*. At the instance of a pupil of his from Sthalipura (Mal. Taḷipparampu), his grand-pupil¹ Puruṣottama, who hailed from Sṛprādeśa (Mal. Tṛprayāer ?) composed the *Parśnāyana*. The work has a succinct commentary included in the edition of the work, which, too, to all appearances, has been composed by the author himself.²