A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c7.s2.1

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c7.s2.1

At the outset, a reference might be made to the mental outlook and spirit of enquiry that characterised Kerala astronomers and mathematicians in their investigations. Parameśvara of Vaṭaśreṇi (c. 1360-1455), who revised the then prevailing Parahita system of computation and evolved new methods in his work entitled Dṛggaṇita,¹ makes a revealing statement in this regard, in the beginning of that work. He says :

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