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Sankara Variar

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Mathematical lineage
Works
References

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}{{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}}Shankara Variyar ({{IAST3|Śaṅkara Vāriyar}}; {{circa|1500|1560}}^[1]) was an astronomer-mathematician of the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics. His family were employed as temple-assistants in the temple at {{IAST|Tṛkkuṭaveli}} near modern Ottapalam.^[2]

Mathematical lineage

He was taught mainly by Nilakantha Somayaji (1444–1544), the author of the Tantrasamgraha and Jyesthadeva (1500–1575), the author of Yuktibhāṣā. Other teachers of Shankara include Netranarayana, the patron of Nilakantha Somayaji and Chitrabhanu, the author of an astronomical treaties dated to 1530 and a small work with solutions and proofs for algebraic equations.^[2]

Works

The known works of Shankara Variyar are the following:^[2]

Yukti-dipika - an extensive commentary in verse on Tantrasamgraha based on Yuktibhāṣā.
Laghu-vivrti - a short commentary in prose on Tantrasamgraha.
Kriya-kramakari - a lengthy prose commentary on Lilavati of Bhaskara II.
An astronomical commentary dated 1529 CE.
An astronomical handbook completed around 1554 CE.

References

1. ^{{citation|title=A Passage to Infinity: Medieval Indian Mathematics from Kerala and Its Impact|first=George Gheverghese|last=Joseph|publisher=SAGE Publications India|year=2009|isbn=9788132104810|page=21|url=https://books.google.com/?id=rNKGAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA21}}.
2. ^¹²{{cite book|last=Plofker|first=Kim|title=Mathematics in India|publisher=Princeton University Press|location=Princeton|year=2009|pages=220, 324}}

K. V. Sarma (1997), "Sankara Variar", Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures edited by Helaine Selin, Springer, {{ISBN|978-0-7923-4066-9 }}

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