Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c4.s4.t15: Śaṃkaravarman (c. 1800-38 A.D.)

Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c4.s4.t15

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Śaṃkaravarman (c. 1800-38 A.D.)

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Śaṃkarvarman, the author of *Sadratnamālā*² flourished in the first half of the nineteenth century A.D. He was born in 1800 A.D. He wrote his *Sadratnamālā* under the patronage of Rāmavarman, an heir-apparent of King Udayavarman in North Kerala³. The *Sadratnamālā* is a short work in five chapters and gives various results of the Kerala mathematicians without deductions. The date of composition of the work has been determined from the chronogram: *lokāmbasiddhasevye* i.e., 1,797,313 corresponding to 1823 A.D. He wrote also a Malayalam commentary on the work. He died in 1838 A.D.

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² Published in Malayalam script with the commentary of K. Kunjunni Rāja. Also see Adyar Library Ms. 67735 and Madras Oriental Mss. Library, Ms. No. R. 4448.

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³ Introductory verse; also see. *Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society*, 20, p. 74 fn.

Cites (1)

Sadratnamālā — Śaṅkara Varman 1798, Sanskrit