A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c7.s8.6

c7.s8.6

As in the case of the *Parahita* system, a large number of manuals have come to be composed following the *Dṛk* system, both in Sanskrit and in Malayalam. The results obtained through this system being more accurate, this system was used for horoscopy (*jātaka*), astrological query (*praśna*) and the computation of eclipses (*grahaṇa*), while the *Parahita* continued to be used for fixing auspicious times for rituals and ceremonies (*muhūrta*). In order to cater to both the purposes, some of the later manuals have dealt with both the *Dṛk* and *Parahita* systems.