A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s8.81

c10.s8.81

Vāsudevasvāmi, who describes himself as a devotee of Viṣṇu, is the author of a treatise entitled Kaladīpa, dealing, mainly, with natural astrology. It is preserved in a unique manuscript procured from the Punnaṭūrkoṭṭa Mana, Koṭṭappaṭi, in Malabar. It is a comprehensive treatise dealing with a wide range of topics, which the author enumerates towards the beginning of his work.⁵