A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c10.s8.94

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c10.s8.94

There is an anonymous author who describes himself as a devotee of Lord Śiva at Vaikkam (Skt. Vyāghra-grāma) in Central Kerala and as a pupil of Govinda. He has composed an elucidatory and highly popular commentary called *Balabodhini* or *Balaprabodhini* on the *Jatakapaddhati* of Parameśvara of Vaṭaśreṇi. His teacher Govinda is identified, generally, as Govinda Piṣāraṭi of the Kailāsapuram house near Vaikkom.¹

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