A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c9.s6: 12. Mathematics

c9.s6.1

The *Līlāvatī* of Bhāskara II, with more than a dozen Kerala commentaries, has remained, as indicated earlier, the most popular textbook on general mathematics. Among indigenous works, some of the astronomical treatises like *Yuktibhāṣā, Bhadradīpa* etc. deal with general mathematics in some of their sections. An interesting summary of the general mathematical processes is contained in an anonymous work entitled *Ekaviṃśatipraśnakrama*. Other works solely devoted to the treatment of mathematics are *Kaṇakkatikāram*, with commentary, two works having the same title *Kaṇakkusāram*, one in prose and the other in verse, both with commentaries, *Kaṇakkunūl, Kaṇakkucodyam* and *Kaṇakkuśāstram*, all anonymous.