[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.s8.87 # A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s8.87 A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s8.87 - **Language:** English ### [c10.s8.87](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.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 - [Previous: c10.s8.86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8.86) - [Next: c10.s8.88](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8.88) - [Up: c10.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8.87](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c10.s8.87) · Pramāṇa