K. V. Sarma
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K. V. Sarma (1919–2005) was an India
n historian of science, particularly the astronomy and mathematics
of the Kerala school
.
His doctoral thesis was at the Panjab University in 1977.
He was responsible for bringing to light several of the achievements of the Kerala school. He was editor of the Vishveshvaranand Indological Research Series, and published the critical edition of several source works in Sanskrit, including the Aryabhatiya
of Aryabhata
. He was recognised as "the greatest authority on Kerala's astronomical tradition".
He was the author of several entries in the Encyclopaedia of the history of science, technology, and medicine in non-western cultures.
As of 1994, he was the author of more than 60 books, and 145 research papers, in addition to other academic writing on Sanskrit
and Indology
.
He continued publishing well into his late eighties, his last book being Science Texts in Sanskrit in Manuscripts Repositories of Kerala
and Tamilnadu, published in 2003. He died on 13 January 2005, having just completed English translations (see Ganita-yukti-bhasa
) of the Yuktibhāṣā
of Jyesthadeva and the Tantrasangraha of Nilakantha Somayaji
.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n historian of science, particularly the astronomy and mathematics
Indian mathematics
Indian mathematics emerged in the Indian subcontinent from 1200 BCE until the end of the 18th century. In the classical period of Indian mathematics , important contributions were made by scholars like Aryabhata, Brahmagupta, and Bhaskara II. The decimal number system in use today was first...
of the Kerala school
Kerala school
Kerala school may refer to*Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics, a school of mathematics and astronomy founded by Madhava of Sangamagrama in Kerala, South India which flourished between the 14th and 16th centuries CE....
.
His doctoral thesis was at the Panjab University in 1977.
He was responsible for bringing to light several of the achievements of the Kerala school. He was editor of the Vishveshvaranand Indological Research Series, and published the critical edition of several source works in Sanskrit, including the Aryabhatiya
Aryabhatiya
Āryabhaṭīya or Āryabhaṭīyaṃ, a Sanskrit astronomical treatise, is the magnum opus and only extant work of the 5th century Indian mathematician, Āryabhaṭa.- Structure and style:...
of Aryabhata
Aryabhata
Aryabhata was the first in the line of great mathematician-astronomers from the classical age of Indian mathematics and Indian astronomy...
. He was recognised as "the greatest authority on Kerala's astronomical tradition".
He was the author of several entries in the Encyclopaedia of the history of science, technology, and medicine in non-western cultures.
As of 1994, he was the author of more than 60 books, and 145 research papers, in addition to other academic writing on Sanskrit
Sanskrit
Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...
and Indology
Indology
Indology is the academic study of the history and cultures, languages, and literature of the Indian subcontinent , and as such is a subset of Asian studies....
.
He continued publishing well into his late eighties, his last book being Science Texts in Sanskrit in Manuscripts Repositories of Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
and Tamilnadu, published in 2003. He died on 13 January 2005, having just completed English translations (see Ganita-yukti-bhasa
Ganita-yukti-bhasa
Ganita-yukti-bhasa is either the title or a part of the title of three different books:*Ganita-yukti-bhasa of Jyesthadeva, published by Springer, is the first critical edition with an English translation of Yuktibhasa, a seminal treatise in the Malayalam language composed in c.1530 CE by...
) of the Yuktibhāṣā
Yuktibhasa
Yuktibhāṣā also known as Gaṇitanyāyasaṅgraha , is a major treatise on mathematics and astronomy, written by Indian astronomer Jyesthadeva of the Kerala school of mathematics in about AD 1530...
of Jyesthadeva and the Tantrasangraha of Nilakantha Somayaji
Nilakantha Somayaji
Kelallur Nilakantha Somayaji was a major mathematician and astronomer of the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics. One of his most influential works was the comprehensive astronomical treatise Tantrasamgraha completed in 1501...
.