Govinda Bhaṭṭatiri was born in the Nambudiri family known by the name Thalakkulathur in the village of Alathiyur, Tirur in Kerala.
Earlier scholars also assigned to him the authorship of Daśādhyāyī, another commentary on Brihat Jataka written with same narrative style.
[5] Recent research suggests that Nauka was the original commentary written by Govinda and Daśādhyāyī was an abridged version rearranged by another person in the 15th century.
[6] The authorship of the Daśādhyāyī was assigned to Govinda Bhattathiri in the Ithihyamala written by Sankunni during late 19th century.
[2] Govinda wrote another important work in astrology titled Muhūrttaratnaṃ.