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'''Govinda Bhaṭṭathiri''' (also known as '''Govinda Bhattathiri''' of Thalakkulam or Thalkkulathur) ({{circa}} 1237 – 1295)<ref>{{cite book|last=K.V. Sarma|title=[[A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy]]|publisher=V.V.R. Institute|location=Hoshiarpur|date=1972}} (p.47)</ref><ref name="Joseph">{{cite book|last=George Gheverghese Joseph|title=[[A Passage to Infinity|A passage to infinity : Medieval Indian mathematics from Kerala and its impact]]|publisher=Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd. |date=2009|chapter=2|isbn=978-81-321-0168-0}} (p.15)</ref> was an [[India]]n [[astrologer]] and [[astronomer]] who flourished in [[Kerala]] during the thirteenth century [[BCE|CE]]. His major work was [[Dasadhyayi]], a commentary on the first ten chapters of the astrological text [[Brihat Jataka]] composed by [[Varahamihira|Varāhamihira]] (505 – 587 [[BCE|CE]]). This is considered to be the most important of the 70 known commentaries on this text.<ref name="Joseph"/> Bhaṭṭathiri had also authored another important work in astrology titled ''Muhūrttaratnaṃ''. [[Paramesvara]] (ca.1380–1460), an astronomer of the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics known for the introduction of the ''Dṛggaṇita'' system of astronomical computations, had composed an extensive commentary on this work. In this commentary Paramesvara had indicated that he was a grandson of a disciple of the author of ''Muhūrttaratnaṃ''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Govonda Bhattathiri|title=Muhurtha Rathnam (Sri Parameshwarakritha Vyakhyopetham)|editor=A. Sripada Bhat|publisher=Varahamihira Publications|location=Tirupati, India|date=1999|url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/24158811/Muhurtha-Rathnam-By-Govinda-Bhattathiri}}</ref>

Govinda Bhaṭṭatiri was born in the [[Nambudiri]] family known by the name Thalakkulathur in the village of [[Alathiyur, Malappuram|Alathiyur]], [[Tirur]] in Kerala. He was traditionally considered to be the progenitor of the Pazhur [[Kaniyar]] family of astrologers. He is a legendary figure in the Kerala astrological traditions.<ref name="Joseph"/><ref name="Sankunny">{{cite book|last=Kottarathil Sankunni|title=Eithihyamaala|publisher=Kottarathil Sankunni Memorial Committee|location=Kottayam|date=1990|language=ml}} (pp.55 – 64)</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bhaktivedantacollege.org/bvc_site/resources_services/articles/pdfs/jyotish/informal/english/govinda_bhattatiri.pdf|title=Life of Govinda BhattatiriJyothish Sastri|last=Shyamasundara Dasa|publisher=Bhaktivedanta College|access-date=21 April 2010}}</ref>

== References ==
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