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Siddhāntaśiromaṇi
सिद्धान्तशिरोमणि
- Author
- Bhaskara II (Bhaskaracharya)
- Period
- 1150 CE
- Tradition
- Siddhanta
Summary
Bhaskara's comprehensive treatise in four parts: Lilavati (arithmetic), Bijaganita (algebra), Grahaganita (planetary mathematics) and Goladhyaya (the sphere). Bhaskara wrote his own commentary, the Vasanabhashya, explaining the reasoning. It was among the most studied astronomical works in later centuries.
Structure
Four parts in verse with the author's prose commentary.
Where to read
Sanskrit editions with the Vasanabhashya; English translation of the Goladhyaya by L. Wilkinson, revised by Bapu Deva Sastri.