A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c13.6
A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c13.6
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Jatakasāra, 36, 75 Jatakasārasaṅgraha, 36, 38, 71, 72 Jatakodaya, 36, 71 Jayadeva, Ācārya, 46n Juschkewitsche, A.P., 12n Jyaḥ, 36 Jyeṣṭhadeva, 5, 12n, 35, 59-60, 73 Jyeṣṭhadeva-Śiṣya, 60-61 Jyotiṣabhāṣāvalī, 76 Jyotiṣapradīpa, 80 Jyotiṣaprakāśana, C on Golādhyāya, 80 Jotiṣasaṅgraha (II), 65, 66 Jyotiṣa-vākyāni, 36 Jyotiśśāstrasaṅgraha, 38, 71, 72 Jyotiśśāstrasubodhinī, 69n, 81 Kaikkulangara Rāma Vāriyar, 80 Kaladīpa, 69 Kaladīpaka, 63; —C on, 63 Kalyāṇavarman, 38 Kaṇakkatikāram, 36, 65 Kaṇakkucodyam, 36 Kaṇakkunūl, 36 Kaṇakkusāram, 36, 65 Kaṇakkusāstram, 36, 74 Kanippayyoor Sankaran Namputirippad, 77 Karaṇa type of works, 30-32 Karaṇadarpaṇa, 31, 73; —C, 74 Karaṇāmṛta, 31, 57 Karaṇapaddhati, 18, 26, 31, 34, 51, 68 Karaṇapariṣkaraṇa, 80 Karaṇasāra, 31, 59, 63 Karaṇottama, by Acyuta II, 31, 64; —C by Acyuta, 65 —C by Keraliya-dvija, 70 Karmadīpikā, C on Līlāvatī, 58 Karmapradīpa, C on Līlāvatī, 58 Karmapradīpikā, C on Līlāvatī, 58 Kaṭapayādi notation, 6-8, 27 Kauṣitaki Adhya Netranārāyaṇa, 56 Kaye, G.R., 12n, 41 Keith, A.B., 12n Kerala astrology, Horary astrology, 36 Kerala astronomers; —earlier documentation, 41-42 —biography and works, 43-81 —bibliography of, 82-184 —salient features, 1-10 —spirit of enquiry, 1-3 —stress on observation and experimentation, 3-4 —concern for accuracy, 4 —researcher's outlook, 4-5 —continuity of tradition, 5-6 —basic features, 6-7 —basic principles, 7 —Parahita system, 7-9 —Dṛk system, 9-10 —anticipation of modern mathematical discoveries, 11-38 —some highlights, 27-28 —moon computation, 32 —eclipse computation, 33 —shadow computation, 33-34 —Veṇvāroha method for the moon, 32-33 —long-range almanacs, 34 —astronomical rationale, 34-35 —practical astronomy, 35 —astronomical constants, revision of, 35-36 —major trends of the literature, 29-40 —classical texts, 29-30 —Mathematical literature, 36 —Malayalam versions of Skt. texts, 38 —important astronomers and their works, 41-81 —later phase, 80 81 —modern times, 81 —bibliography of literature, 82-184 —bibliography of Kerala-based texts, 185-96 Keralācārya, 46 Kerala-dvādaśabhāva-phalam, 43 Kerala-dvādaśabhāvavākyāni, 43 Kerala-granthodaharaṇa, 39 Kerala-horā-vyākhya, 39 Kerala-jātakananda, 39 Kerala jyotiṣa, —Muhūrta, 36-37 —natural astrology, 37-38 —Praśna, 37 —outside Kerala, 38-40 See also under Kerala astronomy