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# A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c7.s2.2

A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c7.s2.2

- **Language:** English

### [c7.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c7.s2.2)

dṛśyante vihaga dṛṣṭyā bhinnāḥ parahitoditāḥ |  
pratyakṣadṛṣṭāḥ spaṣṭāḥ syur grahāḥ śāstreṣv itīrtam || I.¹.2 ||  
  
satkarmoditakalasya grahā hi jñānasādhanam |  
aspaṣṭavihagaiḥ siddhaḥ kalaḥ śuddho na karmaṇi || 3 ||  
  
ye tu śastravidas tadvad golayuktividas ca taḥ |  
sphuṭakhecaravijñāne yatnaḥ kāryo dvijair ataḥ || 4 ||  
  
sañcintyeti samālocya pūrvatantrāṇi yatnataḥ |  
sphuṭayuktim khecarāṇām goladṛṣṭyā samīkṣya ca || 5 ||  
  
sphuṭakhecaravijñānam śiṣyair yaiḥ prarthitam dvijaiḥ |  
tebhyo Dṛggaṇitam nāma gaṇitam kriyate mayā || 6 ||

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## Linked texts (1)

- [Dṛggaṇita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.kerala.tantra.drgganita) — Parameśvara of Vaṭasseri, Sanskrit

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