Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c4.s4.t11: Nārāyaṇa (c. 1588 A D.)
Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c4.s4.t11
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Nārāyaṇa (c. 1588 A D.)
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Nārāyaṇa was the son of Govinda and teacher of Munīśvara.¹ The manuscript of his *Khaṇḍitabījagaṇita* or shortly *Bīja*, a work on algebra is lying in Sanskrit College Library, Banaras.² He is different from his predecessor Nārāyaṇa, the author of *Gaṇitakaumudī*. All the sūtras of the *Bīja* are composed in *āryā* metre. The Ms. is incomplete at the end. His time is still not known, but he can be tentatively fixed 15 years earlier than that of Munīśvara (c. 1603 A.D.), since Munīśvara himself admitted that Nārāyaṇa was his *guru*.
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² For Ms. reference vide our *Bibliography*, p. 150.
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*Geneology*
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Rāma (Dadhigrāma, Devarāta gotra)
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Gopirāja
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Trimalla
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Vallāla
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Rāma Kṛṣṇa Govinda Raṅganātha Mahādeva (Bījāṅkurakāra) | | Nārāyaṇa Munīśvara (c. 1588 A. D.) (c. 1603 A. D.)