[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) › c1 # A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c1: Front matter A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c1 - **Language:** English ### Front matter ### [c1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c1.1) A HISTORY OF THE KERALA SCHOOL OF HINDU ASTRONOMY ### [c1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c1.2) (IN PERSPECTIVE) ### [c1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c1.3) By K. V. SARMA ### [c1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c1.4) VISHVESHVARANAND INSTITUTE HOSHIARPUR ### [c1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c1.5) While mathematical and astronomical studies suffered a setback in North India from the 13th century, such studies continued uninterrupted in pockets like Kerala, in the south, far removed from the vortex of political and other tribulations. A proper evaluation of these investigations and a full account of the literature thereof has, all along, been a desideratum. ### [c1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c1.6) The present \*History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy\* attempts to depict, in perspective, the contribution of Kerala to mathematics and astronomy, in six chapters devoted, respectively, to : I. \*Some salient features of Kerala astronomy\*; II. \*Anticipation of modern mathematical discoveries by Kerala astronomers\*; III. \*Major trends in Kerala Jyotiṣa\*; IV. \*Kerala astronomers\*; V. \*Bibliography of Kerala Jyotiṣa\* and VI. \*Bibliography of Kerala-based Jyotiṣa\*. Of particular interest herein are ch. III, demonstrating the anticipation of several modern theorms, ch. IV, giving details of the lives and works of about eighty astronomers, and ch. V, identifying as many as 752 works and 111 authors, with full documentation such as manuscripts of the works, dates of authors and works, earlier writings and indication of the contents of the texts. ### [c1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c1.7) It is to be hoped that the present \*History\* will provide historians of mathematics with a fair idea of the contribution of Kerala to Hindu astronomy. ### [c1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c1.8) Price : Rs. 20 ### [c1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c1.9) Vishveshvaranand Book Agency PUBLISHERS & BOOKSELLERS P.O. Sadhu Ashram, HOSHIARPUR-146021 ( Punjab, India ) ### [c1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c1.10) विश्वेश्वरानन्द पुस्तक भण्डार प्रकाशक एवं पुस्तक विक्रेता डाकघर साधु-आश्रम, होशियारपुर (पंजाब, भारत) ### [c1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c1.11) Bill No. A 9885 Date 30.11.2000 Order No. Letter Date 7.11.2000 ### [c1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c1.12) To Sh. Arun K. Upadhyay, IPS, B-9, CB-9, Cantonment Road, Cuttack-753 001. ### [c1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c1.13) | P A R T I C U L A R S | Qnty. | Rate | Amount | | | | | Rs. P. | | A History of Kerala Schoolof Hindu Astronomy | 1 | | 20 00 | | Ksudrakalpasutra | 1 | | 42 00 | | Bhasikasutra | 1 | | 24 00 | | | | | 86 00 | | Less 10% | | | 8 00 | | | | | 78 00 | | V.P.P. Charges | | | 37 00 | | | | | 115 00 | ### [c1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c1.14) भारते होशियारपुरे वि. वै. शो. सं. मुद्रागृहे। शास्त्रिणा देवदत्तेन मुद्राय्येदं प्रकाश्यते॥ ### [c1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c1.15) Printed and published by DEVA DATTA, Shastri at the V. V. R. I. PRESS, Hoshiarpur (Pb., India) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c1) · Pramāṇa