Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c4.s4.t7: Śaṃkara Vāriyar of Tṛkkuṭaveli (c. 1500-60 A.D.)
Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c4.s4.t7
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Śaṃkara Vāriyar of Tṛkkuṭaveli (c. 1500-60 A.D.)
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Śaṃkara Vāriyar was a student of Nīlakaṇṭha³ and Citrabhānu ⁴ He wrote the *Laghuvivṛti*⁵ comentary on the *Tantrasaṃgraha* in 1556 A.D. He wrote another work, the *Kriyākramakarī*,⁶ an elaborate commentary on the *Līlāvatī* of Bhāskara II—giving the rationale and proof of the theorems and formulae. The work is more or less identical with *Karmapradīpaka* of Nārāyaṇa,⁷ only difference is that Śaṃkara's work is more elaborate. The introductory verses of of both the works are same.⁸
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³ Vide, beginning of the *Karaṇāmṛta* of Citrabhānu.
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⁴ See. under Citrabhānu, fn. 3.
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⁵ *Trivandrum Sans. Series* ( TSS ). 188.
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⁶ Oriental Library. Madras, Ms. No. R2754; vide also *Bulletin of the National institute of Sciences of India*, 21, p. 320, 1963.
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⁷ Ulloor S. Parameśvara Aiyer, *Kerala Sāhitya Caritram*, 2, p. 121. For. Mss. of *Karmapradīpaka*, vide our *Bibliography*, p. 150.
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⁸ *nārāyaṇaṃ jagadanugrahajāgarūkaṃ* *śrīnīlakaṇṭhamapi sarvavidaṃ praṇamya |* “I bow to Nārāyaṇa, a great benefactor of the world and Śrī Nīlakaṇṭha, a scholar well versed in all śāstras”.
Linked texts (2)
- Tantrasaṅgraha — Nīlakaṇṭha Somayājī 1500, Sanskrit
- Līlāvaī — Kouhala, Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit