Damodara
Sign in to saveVatasseri Damodara Nambudiri was an astronomer-mathematician of the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics who flourished during the fifteenth century CE. He was a son of Paramesvara (1360–1425) who developed the drigganita system of astronomical computations. The family home of Paramesvara was Vatasseri (sometimes called Vatasreni) in the village of Alathiyur, Tirur in Kerala.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1867
- Died
- 1968
- Works
- 29
Top works
- Atharvavedasaṃhitā
- Mahābhārata
- Daivata-saṃhitā
- Sarva-megha-yajña, athavā, Sarva-pūjyakā=pūjā arthāt eka Īśvara kī upāsanā
- Śrīmadbhagavadgītā
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Group
- Origin
- Finland
Discography
- From Shadow to Substance1998
- 4 Songs1999
- 32002
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 113
- Total plays
- 1,250
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Father
- Parameshvara
- Occupation
- astrologer
- Doctoral student
- Nilakantha Somayaji
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- date of death
- 1500-00-00
- date of birth
- 1500-00-00
- student
- Jyeṣṭhadeva
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Vatasseri Damodara Nambudiri was an astronomer-mathematician of the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics who flourished during the fifteenth century CE. He was a son of Paramesvara (1360–1425) who developed the drigganita system of astronomical computations. The family home of Paramesvara was Vatasseri (sometimes called Vatasreni) in the village of Alathiyur, Tirur in Kerala.
Damodara was a teacher of Nilakantha Somayaji. As a teacher he initiated Nilakantha into the science of astronomy and taught him the basic principles in mathematical computations.
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