[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.s8.1 # A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c7.s8.1 A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c7.s8.1 - **Language:** English ### [c7.s8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c7.s8.1) The \*Dṛk\* system promulgated by Parameśvara of Vaṭaśreṇi (c. 1360-1455), through his \*Dṛggaṇita\*,³ is, as pointed out above (§2), a revision of the \*Parahita\* system and was composed with a view to make the results of computation accord with observation. While no new methodology is enunciated here, new multipliers and divisors are given for the derivation of the Kali days and for the calculation of the Mean positions of planets. Minute corrections are given - [Previous: c7.s7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c7.s7.23) - [Next: c7.s8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c7.s8.2) - [Up: c7.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c7.s8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Dṛggaṇita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.kerala.tantra.drgganita) — Parameśvara of Vaṭasseri, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c7.s8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c7.s8.1) · Pramāṇa