A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c12.s1: Bibliography of Authors and Works
A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c12.s1
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Bibliography of Authors and Works
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*Akṣarakeralī* or *Akṣarakevalī* (pra.). Mss. See NCC I (rev.), 11.
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*Akṣaracintāmaṇi* (pra.) from *Keralamata* ascribed to Śiva. Ib., 12.
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*Akṣaracūḍāmaṇi* (pra.), related to *Keralapraśna* V attributed to Keralācārya. Ib.
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*Appasūri*, alis Nṛhari or Nṛsimha —C, *Śāradāgama*, on *Uḍudayapradīpa*
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*Avajadapraśna* or *Keralapraśna*, from the *Rudrayāmala*, Ib., 412.
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*Uḍudayapradīpa* (jā.), described in some mss. as *Keralagrantha* and *Keraliracita*. Mss. NCC II. 289-90. Ascribed to Keralācārya in Ms. Ker. 1521. Edn. with Tr., Royal Victoria Press, Madras, 2nd edn., 1900. For other edns., see NCC II 289.
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Do.—C I. Anen., Ib. 290.
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Do.—C II, *Uddyota* by Bhairavadatta, son of Harirāma. Ib. Edn. Bombay, 1875; with Hindi C, Banaras, 1868.
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Do.—C III, *Tattvadīpikā* by Jīvanātha Jhā, son of Śambhunātha. Ib.
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Do.—C IV, *Śaradāgama* by Appāsūri alias Nṛhari or Nṛsimha. Ib.
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Do.—C V, *Snehakūpikā* by Bālakṛṣṇa, son of Jyotiḥsvarūpa. Ib.
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Do.—C VI, by Cola. Ib.
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Do.—C VII, by Paramasukha. Ib.
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Do.—C VIII, by Mayūreśvaropādhyāya. Ib.
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*Uḍupakerala* (jā.), attributed to Prajāpati. Ib.
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*Kerala*°: See also *Keralī*°, *Keralīya*°.
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*Kerala* or *Keralī* (astrol.) Mss. NCC V. 43.
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*Keralagranthodārahaṇa* (astrol.), by Mūladeva, possibly a C on his *Keralapraśna*. Ib.
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*Keralacandrikā* (jā.) Ib. (*Dvādaśabhāva*). See also *Keraladvādaśabhāva*.
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*Keralacintāmaṇi* (astrol.) Ib.
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*Keralacūḍāmaṇi* (pra.) See also *Keralapraśna* or *Divyacūḍāmaṇi* and *Cūḍāmaṇikeralī*.
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*Keralajataka* (jā.) NCC V. 43. See also *Keralīyam Jātakam*.
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*Keralajatakananda* or *Keralarahasya* : See *Keralarahasya*.
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*Keralajñāna* or *Keraliyajñāna* (pra.) NCC V. 43. Some as *Keralapraśna*.
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*Keralajyotiṣa* or *°jyautiṣa* (astrol.) Ib.
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*Keralatattva* (astrol.) Ib.
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*Keraladīpikā* I (astrol.) Men. in *Keralacandrikā*, Mad. D. 14026.
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*Keraladīpikā* II (astrol.), by Krahā...śa, son of Cannayajvan. Ms. NCC V.43.
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*Keralanāḍī* (astrol.) Ib.
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*Keraladvādaśabhāvaphala* I (jā.), in verse. Ib.
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*Keraladvādaśabhāvaphala* II (jā.), in prose. Ib.
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*Keralapañcapakṣī* (prognostication), from *Svaravicāra*. Ib.
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*Keralapāśāvalī* (prognostication), ascribed to Garga. Ib. See also *Pāśakevalī*.
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*Keralapradīpa* (astrol.) Ib. Possibly, *Jñānapradīpa* or *Kerala-bṛndāvana* of Padmanābha.
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*Keralapraśna*(grantha) I (pra.) Mss. NCC V.44 ; Varanasi, IX. 304.
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*Keralapraśna*(grantha) II (pra.), ascribed to Garga. Ib.
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*Keralapraśna* III (pra.) Invokes Kūṣmāṇḍi; the last verse of the work describes the work as the *Pāśakevalī* of Garga. Ib.
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*Keralapraśna* IV (pra.), Prognostication with arecanuts. Ib.
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*Keralapraśna* V or *Divyacūḍāmaṇi*, ascribed to Keralācārya. Related to *Akṣaracūḍāmaṇi* and *Cūḍāmaṇisāra*. Ib. Edn. in Telugu script with Telugu gloss, Vavilla Press, Madras, 1944 ; Banaras, Sam. 1731. See also *Cūḍāmaṇikeralī*.
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*Keralapraśna* VI or *Keralapraśnaprakaraṇa* or *Keralīyajñāna*, (pra. based on letters.) Ib.
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*Keralapraśna* VII (pra.), in 67 verses. Ib. Edn. with Hindi Tr., Lakshmipur, Bombay, 1913.
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*Keralapraśnagrantha* (pra.), by Mūladeva. Mss. NCC V.44.
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Do.—C (?) *Keralagranthodāharaṇa*, by the author himself. Ib. 43.
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*Keralapraśnaḥ* (pra.) Mss. Varanasi, IX. 288, 298.
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*Keralabayalis* : Name of *Uḍudāyapradīpa* attributed to Keralācārya.
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*Keralabṛndāvana* or *Jñānapradīpa* (astrol.), by Padmanābha. Mss. NCC V. 44.
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*Keralabhagya* (astrol.) Ib.
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Do.—C. Ib.
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*Keralabhāṣya* (astrol.), Ib. On *Keralavacanāni* (?)
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*Keralamata* (astrol.), ascribed to Śiva : See *Akṣaracintāmaṇi*.
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*Keralamatapraśnasaṅgraha* (pra.) by Mihirabhaṭṭa. Ms. VVRI I. 82.
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*Keralayātrā* (nat. astrol.) Ms. NCC V. 45.
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*Keralayogāvalī* (astrol.) Ib.
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*Keralaratnamañjarī* (astrol.) by Viśvanātha Bhaṭṭa, Ib.
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*Keralaratnākara* (astrol.) Ib.
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*Keralarahasya* or *Keralajātakānanda* (astrol.), by Śukrācārya. Ib.
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*Keralarājayogasāra* (astrol.) Ib.
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*Keralavacanāni* (astrol.) Ib.
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Do.—C, *Keralabhāṣya*, by Dhuṇḍhirāja. Ib.
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*Keralaśāstra* I (astrol.), Ib., 47; Varanasi, IX, 314. See also *Keralīśāstra*.
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*Keralaśāstra* II, Sn. *Gargasaṃhitā* (pra.) NCC V.45.
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Do.—C, *Gargamanoramā*. Ib.
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*Keralaśāstrasūtra* (astrol.) attributed in one of its mss. to a demoness named Nikaṣā.
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Do.—C. Ib.
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*Keralaslokasūtra* (astrol.) Ib.
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*Keralasāra* (astrol.) Ms. Varanasi, IX. 286.
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*Keralasiddhānta* (pra.), couched in the form of a dialogue between the divine couple, Pārvatī and Parameśvara, Ref. Ul. Sup. I. 228.
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*Keralasūtra* I (astrol.) Ms. NCC V.47.
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*Keralasūtra* II (astrol.), ascribed to Marīci, Ib; Varanasi, IX. 296.
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*Keralasūtra* III (jā.), by Śrī (?). Ms. Mad. T. 1981 (d).
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Tr. in *Missing links of Hindu astrology*, No. 11, Bombay, 1963.
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*Keralahora* (jā.). Ref. Ul. Sup. I. 229.
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Do—C by Sarvartu Paṇḍita, written at the instance of Gopāla, at Vijayanagar. Ms. NCC V. 47.
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*Keralācarya*. Despite the Kerala tradition that he was the minister of a Kerala King, it is not unlikely that he is an apocryphal or non-Kerala author. See above, pp. 46-47. —*Uḍudāyapradīpa* —*Keralapraśna* V or *Divyacūḍāmaṇi* —*Mātṛcūḍāmaṇi* —See also above, pp. 101-2.
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*Keralapraśna* or *Avajadapaśna*, from the *Rudrayāmala*. NCC V. 48.
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*Keralī°* : See also *Kerala°*.
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*Keralī* I (astrol.) or *Kerala*. Ms. NCC V.43.
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*Keralī* II (nat. astrol.) Ib. 48.
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*Keralī* III (pra.) by Rāvaṇa. Ib.
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*Keralī* IV (pra.), or *Pāśakeralī*, prediction based on throwing the dice, ascribed to Garga. Ib. See also *Pāśakeralī*.
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*Keralīgrantha* (jā.), or *Uḍudayapradīpa* or *Jātakacandrikā*, by Veṅkaṭeśa. Ib.
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*Keralīcūḍāmaṇi* (pra.) Ib. See also *Keralapraśna* or *Divyacūḍāmaṇi*.
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*Keralī(ya)jataka* (jā.) Ib. See also *Keralajātaka* and *Keraliyam Jātakam*.
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*Keralī(ya)jñāna* (pra.) Ib. See also *Keralajñāna*.
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*Keralidaśaprakāra* (jā.) Ib.
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*Keralipraśna* (pra.) Mss. Varanasi IX. 294, 302. See also *Keralapraśna*.
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*Keralipraśnabhāṣa* (pra.) Ms. Nepal Vir, 28.
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*Keralipraśna(vicāra)*, (pra.) Ib. ; Nepal Vir, 28.
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*Keralipraśnasaṅgraha* (pra.) Mss. NCC V.48.
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*Keralipraśnasāra* (pra.) Ib.
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*Keralīya* (jā.) Ms. Mad. T. 2233 (g) (*Jivakādhyāya*).
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*Keralīyajātakasaṅgraha* (jā.) Ms. Mysore, I. 332.
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*Keralīya(jyotiṣa)* (jā.) Ms. Mad. T. 1623.
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*Keralīyajñāna* (pra.) Mss. Tanjore, D. 11685, 24028. See also *Keralajñāna*.
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*Keralīyanakṣatradaśaphala* (jā.). Ms. NCC V.48.
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*Keralīyapraśna* (pra.) Mss. Ib. ; Raj. Jodhpur, III-B. 508.
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*Keralīyapraśnaratna* (pra.), by Nandarāma Paṇḍita.
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Edn. with Hindi C, Lakshmi Venkatesvara Press, Bombay : Kalyan, 1923-24.
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*Keralīyapraśnaratnākara* (pra.) Men. Ul Sup. I. 228.
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*Keralīyabhāṣāsāra* (astrol.) Ms. NCC V. 49.
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*Keralīyasūtra* (jā.) Ms. Mad. 1981 (d), on *dvādaśabhāva*.
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*Keraliyam Jātakam* (jā.) Ms. Mysore, I. 332.
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See also *Keralajātaka*.
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Do.—C. Ms. Mysore, I. 332.
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*Keralīyam jātakam* (*Saṅgraha*) (jā.), Ms. Mysore, I. 332.
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*Keralīśakuna* (omenology), ascribed to Vyāsa. Ms. NCC V.49.
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*Keralīśakunavali* (omenology), by Bhañjana Miśra. Ib.
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*Keralīśastra* (astrol.) Ms. Nepal Vir. 28. See also *Keralaśāstra*.
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Do.—C (Newari). Ms. Nepal Vir, 28.
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*Keralisammatakoṣṭhiprakaraṇa* (astrol.) Ms. NCC V.49.
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*Keralisāra-saṅgraha* (astrol.). Ib.
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*Krahā* ... śa, son of Canna Yajvan. — *Keraladīpikā*
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*Garga* — *Keralapāśāvalī* — *Keralapraśnagrantha* — *Keralī* or *Paśakerālī*, all related.
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*Cūḍāmaṇikeralī* (pra.), Ms. IO 3126. See also *Keralapraśna* V or *Divyacūḍāmaṇi*.
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*Cūḍāmaṇisāra* (pra.), by Lakṣmaṇa, a résumé of the *Divyacūḍāmaṇi* or *Keralapraśna* V of Keralācārya. Ms. CC I. 189.
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*Cola* — C (VI) on *Uḍudāyapradīpa*.
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*Jātakaratanāvalī* (*Keralīyā*), (jā.) Ms. Raj. Jodh. II-B. 320.
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*Jīvanātha Jhā*, son of Harirāma — C *Tattvadīpikā* on *Uḍudāyapradīpa*
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*Jñānapradīpa* (°ka °pikā) : Same as *Keralabṛndāvana* by Padmanābha.
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*Ḍhuṇḍhirāja* — *Keralabhāṣya* on *Keralavacanāni*
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*Dvādaśabhāva(phalā)* : See *Keralacandrikā* and *Keraladvādaśabhāvaphalā*.
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*Nandarāma Paṇḍita* — *Keralīya-praśnaratna*
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*Nikaṣā*, a demoness — *Keralāśāstrasūtra*
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*Nṛhari* or *Nṛsiṃha*, alias Appāsūri — C, *Śaradāgama*, on *Uḍudāyapradīpa*
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*Padmanābha* — *Keralabṛndāvana* or *Jñanadīpa* (°paka, °pikā) — *Keralapradīpa* (possibly same as the above work)
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*Paramasukha* — C on *Uḍudayapradīpa*
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*Parahita* (kar.), apparently by a Tamil astronomer, based on the Kerala Parahita school. Epoch : Kali-day 16,83,312 (A.D. 1507). Couched in corrupt Sanskrit.
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Beg.
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hariharavidhikhecarān praṇatvā
kalidivasāt ‘priyabālajātako’nāt /
bhavati hi varabhaumavārāpūrvam
parahitakhaṇḍam iti bruvanti santaḥ //
guṇkāraḥ kulam bhānoḥ *etc.*
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Ms. Tanjore D. 11719 (70 gr.)
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*Paśakakerālī* : See *Pāśakevalī*.
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*Pāśakevalī* (prognostication by dice throw), sometimes spelt as *Paśakakerālī*, *Pāśakevalī* or *Paśakevalī*, attributed to Garga. Mss. CC I. 336 ; Lucknow, Skt. Parishad, I. 232.
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*Paśakevalī* I or *Jñānabhāskara* (nat. astrol.) Ms. Raj. Jaina, IV.286.
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*Paśakevalī* II or *Keralapraśna* (pra.), by Garga. Mss. Raj. Jaina, II. 272 ; IV. 286 ; Raj. Jodh. II-B. 330 ; Tanjore D. 11496.
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Do.—C *Ṭīkā*. Mss. Raj. Jodh., II-B. 330.
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*Prajāpati* — *Uḍupakerala*
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*Praśnakeralī* (pra.), by Bhojarāja. Ms. Varanasi, IX. 50.
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*Praśnabhargava-kerala* (pra.). Ms. CC I. 358.
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*Praśnavidya* (pra.), from *Keralīya*. Ms. NCC V. 49.
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*Bālakṛṣṇa*, son of Jyotiḥsvarūpa —C, *Snehakupikā*, on *Uḍudayapradīpa*.
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*Bharagva-pañcāṅgam* (astrol.), by Vararuci IV.
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End: *ity evam Bhārgavam nāma Pañcāṅgam Bhārgavoditam |* *viditvā manujo yas tu kurute kāryam anvaham ||*
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Col. *iti Vararuci-viracitam Bhārgavapraṇītam Pañcāṅgam samā-ptam.*
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Ms. Mad. D. 14055.
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**Bhañjana Miśra** —*Keraliśakunāvalī*
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**Bhairavadatta** —C, *Uddyota*, on *Uḍudāyapradīpa*
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**Bhojarāja** —*Praśnakeralī*
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**Mayūreśvaropādhyāya** — C on *Uḍudayapradīpa*
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**Marici** —*Keralasūtra*
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*Matrācūḍamaṇi* (jā.?), by Keralācārya. Ms. Imperial Museum (now in the Asiatic Soc., Calcutta), 10737.
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**Mihira Bhaṭṭa** —*Keralamata-praśnasaṅgraha*
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**Mūladeva** —*Keralapraśnagrantha* —*Keralagranthodāharaṇa*, possibly C on above.
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**Rāvaṇa** —*Keralī* (pra.)
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**Lakṣmaṇa** —*Cūḍamaṇisāra*
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Vararuci III, Tamil astronomer of Kanchipuram who adapted the Parahita system of Kerala astronomy in the Tamil region. c. 1300 A.D. —*Vakyakaraṇa* or *Vakyapañcādhyāyī*
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Vararuci III (contd.)
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Ref. T. S. K. Sastri and K. V. Sarma, Intro. to *Vākyakaraṇa*, (Madras, 1962), pp. vi-ix.
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Vararuci IV
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—*Bhārgavapañcāṅga*
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*Vākyakaraṇa* I or *Vākyapañcādhyāyī* (kar.), by Vararuci III. Basic manual of the *Vākyapañcāṅga* of the Tamil country. In five chapters devoted, respectively, to *Ravicandrarāhusphuṭa*, *Tārāgrahasphuṭa*, *Tripraśna*, *Grahaṇa* and *Udayāsta-mahāpataḥ*.
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Mss. See Intro. to edn. Cr. Edn. with detailed Intro., Summary of contents and Appendices, by T. S. Kuppanna Sastri and K.V. Sarma, K.S.R. Institute., Madras-4, 1962.
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Do.—C I, *Laghudīpikā* or *Laghuprakāśikā* by Sundararāja.
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Mss. See Intro. to edn. Cr. Edn. by T. S. K. Sastri and K.V. Sarma, with the edn. of the text, above.
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Do.—C II, *Sundararājīya* or *Vāsanāprakāśikā* by Sundararāja, being more extensive than C I above.
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Men. by the au. himself in his C I, edn., pp. 3, 21, 24, 49, 90, 107; See also the intro. to his C I :
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śrī-Nīlakaṇṭhāṅghriniviṣṭacetāḥ
śrī-Somadevānujighṛkṣayaiva /
vicitravākyair vivṛtam punaś ca
prakāśaye 'ham karaṇam laghiyaḥ /
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*Vākyakaraṇa* II (*Prakṣiptādhyāya*) (kar.), ch. VI, in 37 interpolated verses. Ms. See edn. Edn. By T.S.K. Sastri and K.V. Sarma, as App. to the edn. of *Vākyakaraṇa*, above.
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*Vākyakaraṇa* III, related to *Vākyakaraṇa* II. Ms. Ker. P. 955.
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Viśvanātha Bhaṭṭa
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—*Keralaratnamañjarī*
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Veṅkaṭeśa, of the Kāśyapagotra, pupil of Acyuta I
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—*Keralagrantha*, *Uḍudayapradīpa* or *Jātakacandrikā*
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—*Devakerala* of Acyuta II, redaction of Part II
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Vyāsa — *Keraliśakuna*
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Śiva — *Keralamata*
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Śukra Ācārya — *Keralajatakānanda* or *Keralarahasya* or *Śukrakerala*
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*Śukrakerala* : See *Keralajatakānanda*.
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Śri (?) — *Keralasūtra* or *°śastra*
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Sarvartu Paṇḍita, protégé of Gopāla of Vijayanagar. —C on *Keralahorā*
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Sundararāja, Astronomer of the Tamil country, resident of the banks of river Kāveri, son of Anantanārāyaṇa and protégé of Somadeva ; admirer and contemporary of Nīlakaṇṭha Somayāji, with whom he had correspondence on astronomical problems (see above, pp. 175-76, *Sundararāja-praśnottara* by Nīlakaṇṭha Somayāji). —C I, *Laghudīpikā* or *Laghuprakāśikā* on *Vākyakaraṇa* of Vararuci III. —C II *Sundararājīya* or *Vāsanāprakāśikā*, a more extensive C on *Vākyakaraṇa* of Vararuci III.
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Ref. T. S. K. Sastri and K. V. Sarma, Intro. to *Vākyakaraṇa*, Madras, 1962.
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Note. Since most of the works noticed above are anonymous, that fact is not indicated against each work with the symbol ‘anon’. However, when the real or apocryphal author of a work is known, the fact is duly indicated.