[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) › c7.s2.3 # A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c7.s2.3 A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c7.s2.3 - **Language:** English ### [c7.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c7.s2.3) ¹ K. V. Sarma, The Dṛggaṇita of Parameśvara, Cr. ed. with Introduction, Hoshiarpur, 1963. Parameśvara is reputed to have made continuous astronomical observations for 55 years with the help of instruments : Cf. what Nilakaṇṭha Somayājin, who received instruction from Parameśvara, says in his Āryabhaṭīya-bhāṣya (Gola, 43) : \*Parameśvarācāryeṇa punaḥ grahaṇagrahayogādikam yantraḥ pañcapañcaśad-varṣakālam samyak parīkṣitam. Aha caivam...“grahendraḥ pañcapañcaśad-varṣakālasaḍaniare”\* etc. (Trivandrum Skt. Ser., No. 185, p. 154). - [Previous: c7.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c7.s2.2) - [Next: c7.s2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c7.s2.4) - [Up: c7.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c7.s2) ## Linked texts (1) - [Āryabhaṭīya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.siddhanta.early.aryabhatiya) — Āryabhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c7.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c7.s2.3) · Pramāṇa