[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) › c9.s8.6 # A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c9.s8.6 A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c9.s8.6 - **Language:** English ### [c9.s8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c9.s8.6) Of classical texts on natural astrology, the \*Bṛhatsaṃhitā\* of Varāhamihira was generally known, besides \*Lampaka\* by Padmanābha, a later work well known in the whole of South India. Among works on natural astrology produced in Kerala, a mention might be made of \*Sāmudrikasāra\* of Śaṅkara, with two commentaries, two anonymous \*Sāmudrikalakṣaṇa-s\* and the \*Raṇadīpikā\* by Kumāra Gaṇaka. The last-mentioned work which, in eight chapters, deals in detail with the preparation for and conduct of war, is particularly significant. Some works deal with individual topics like \*Bhūparīkṣa\*, \*Rekhaśastra\* etc. and some others like \*Naraceṣṭa\*, \*Pakṣiśastra\* etc. with special types of prognostication. - [Previous: c9.s8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c9.s8.5) - [Next: c9.s9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c9.s9.1) - [Up: c9.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c9.s8) ## Linked texts (2) - [Bṛhatsaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.rsi.brhatsamhita) — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit - [Raṇadīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.yatra.ranadipika) — Kumāra Gaṇaka 1625, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c9.s8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c9.s8.6) · Pramāṇa