Astronomy & Cosmology
Parameshvara's Drgganita: observation-based correction
1431 CEParameshvara (Kerala School)DrgganitaKerala
1431
Revised astronomical parameters using decades of eclipse and planetary observations.
- Dated
- 1431
- As scholars put it
- 1431 CE
- Originator
- Parameshvara (Kerala School)
- Source text
- Drgganita
- Region
- Kerala
- Discipline
- Astronomy & Cosmology
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Fair to say
Tradition holds he observed for about 55 years.
Path to modern innovation
An early observational correction programme.
1431Parameshvara's Drgganita: observation-based correction
References
- 1Plofker (2009)
- 2K. V. Sarma
Further reading
Corrections and additional sources: edit IND-270 on GitHub.