A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s8.87

c10.s8.87

He was a Nampūtiri who hailed from a village east of Trppa-raṇṇoṭ in Malabar and was the brother of Keśava, who was also his teacher. Two earlier scholars of his family were Yajña and Yajña's son Dāmodara. The *Muhurtābharaṇa* of our author is an exhaustive text in nine chapters, devoted, respectively to : definitions, merits of neutral times, demerits of baneful times, merits of auspicious occasions, comparative potencies, auspicious times for : (a) religious functions beginning with *niṣeka* to marriage, (b) agriculture, consecration etc., (c) royal installations and (d) miscellaneous functions. A special distinction of the *Muhurtābharaṇa* is that it provides very readable poetry from a deft-handed poet.²