Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c4.s4.t7.1

c4.s4.t7.1

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