A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s8.49

c10.s8.49

He is author of *Bhadradīpa-gaṇita* (A.D. 1665) but prefers to remain anonymous and refers to himself only by the name of his family, viz., Iṭakramañceri (or Eṭakramañceri). He mentions his native place as Perumānūr in Malabar and his teacher as Dāmodaran Nampūtiri² of the Maṅgalaśśeri family. In eleven chapters, couched in easy Sanskrit-Malayalam verses, he provides the layman with the elements of astronomical computation. A shorter work entitled *Bhugolañayam*, composed in the same style and devoted to a description of the earth as suspended in the atmosphere, its main landmarks, the construction of the armillary sphere etc., has much in common with Ch. V of the *Bhadradīpa* and is likely to be another composition of our author.³