[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970) › v3.c12.1718 # Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A v3.c12.1718 Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A v3.c12.1718 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c12.1718](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v3.c12.1718) He composed the \*Yuktibhāṣā\* in Malayālam as an exposition of the \*Tantrasaṅgraha\* (1500) of his fellow-pupil, Nīlakaṇṭha (b. ca. 14 June 1444). He was a Nampūri Brāhmaṇa from the Paraññoṭṭu illam in Ālattūr, Kerala, according to an old granthavari at Baroda: \*pūrvoktadāmodarasya śiṣyaḥ jyeṣṭhadevaḥ/ iddehaṃ paraññoṭṭu nampūriyākunnu/ yuktibhāṣā-granthatte uṇṭākkiyatum iddeham tanne\*. See K. V. Sarma \[1958a\] and K. R. Raja \[1963\] 156–158. - [Previous: v3.c12.1717](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v3.c12.1717) - [Next: v3.c12.1719](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v3.c12.1719) - [Up: v3.c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v3.c12) ## Cites (2) - [Tantrasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.kerala.tantra.tantrasangraha) — Nīlakaṇṭha Somayājī 1500, Sanskrit - [Yuktibhāṣā (Gaṇitayuktibhāṣā)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.kerala.golayukti.yuktibhasa) — Jyeṣṭhadeva 1520, Malayalam --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v3.c12.1718](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v3.c12.1718) · Pramāṇa