Sadratnamālā of Śaṅkaravarman (Text on Indian Astronomy and Mathematics) with English Translation and Notes

Title

Sadratnamālā of Śaṅkaravarman (Text on Indian Astronomy and Mathematics) with English Translation and Notes

Language of Original Text

Sanskrit

list of authors

Śaṅkaravarman

Date of Original Text

1819

list of editors

S. Madhavan

V Kameswari

K. S. Balasubramanian

T. V. Vasudeva

Sita Sundar Ram

Subject

Mathematics

Value Annotations

Description

Kerala School

Language of Edited Volume

English

Sanskrit

Publisher

The Kuppuswami Sastri Research Institute

isbn

978-81-85170-52-7

Date Issued

2011

Source

A1 - Manuscript No. 8322-B of Kerala University Oriental Research Institute and Manuscripts Library, Trivandrum

A2 - Ms. No. R. 4448 of the Goverment Oriental Manuscripts Library and Research Centre, Chennai. This is a paper transcript.

A3 - Ms. No. C-2136 of Kerala University Mss. Library, Trivandrum. This is in palm leaf.

B1 - Ms. No. 628-D (old No. 1076) of the Govt. Sanskrit College Library, Tripunithura, Central Kerala. This is in palm leaf

B2 - Ms. No. 22177 of the Kerala University Mss. Library. This is in palm leaf.

B3 - This text is an incomplete edition, extending to VI.32, issued with commentary in Malayalam script in 1898

B4 - Ms. No. 67735 (old No. 21 - B-6) of the Adyar Library and Research Centre, Chennai. This is in palm leaf and is in the Grantha script.

number of pages

383

Description

Sadratnamālā is a work on astronomy and mathematics written by Śaṅkaravarman of Kaṭattanāḍ. It contains 212 verses in six chapters. Unlike other books on astronomy which are often written in a prosaic style, the Sadratnamāla is decorated with unusual metres and fanciful expressions.