[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.s8.18 # A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s8.18 A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s8.18 - **Language:** English ### [c10.s8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.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 - [Previous: c10.s8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8.17) - [Next: c10.s8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8.19) - [Up: c10.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Bṛhajjātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.brhajjataka) — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8.18) · Pramāṇa