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Nilakantha Somayaji Quotes

1444–1544 India

Keļallur Nīlakaṇṭha Somayāji (14 June 1444 – 1544), also referred to as Keļallur Comatiri, was a mathematician and astronomer of the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics. One of his most influential works was the comprehensive astronomical treatise Tantrasamgraha completed in 1501.

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One has to accept that [each of ] the five siddhantas had been authoritative at one time [though they might not be so now]. Therefore one has to look for a system which tallies with observation. The said tallying has to be verified by contemporary experimenters at the time of eclipses etc.

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