Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c4.s3.t7.1

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Govindasvāmin who wrote a *bhāṣya* on the *Mahābhāskarīya*² of Bhāskara I seems to have flourished in Kerala in the first half of the ninth century A.D. Nīlakaṇṭha refers to the tradition that Govindasvāmin was the teacher of Śaṅkaranārāyaṇa who flourished at Mahodayapura. His *Govindakṛti* which was written as a sequel to the *Āryabhaṭīya* of Āryabhaṭa I appears to be lost. It was also similar to the *Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta* of Brahmagupta and contained chapters on arithmetic and mensuration. Quotations from this work are found to appear in the commentaries of the astronomers, Śaṅkaranārāyaṇa (869 A.D.) and Udayadivākara (1073 A.D.) on the *Laghubhāskarīya*³ of Bhāskara I and in the *Āryabhaṭīyabhāṣya* of Nīlakaṇṭha.