Śaṅkaranārāyaṇa
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Sankaranarayana (c. 840 – c. 900) was an Indian astronomer-mathematician in the court of Sthanu Ravi Kulasekhara (c. 844 – c. 870) of the early medieval Chera kingdom in Kerala. He is celebrated as the author of Laghubhaskariyavivarana or Laghubhaskariyavyakha, a detailed commentary on astronomical treatise Laghubhaskariya by 7th century mathematician Bhaskara I (which in turn was based on the works of the 5th century polymath Aryabhata).
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Indian subcontinent
- Place of death
- Indian subcontinent
- Occupation
- mathematician
- Residence
- Kodungallur
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- ethnic group
- Nambudiri
- date of birth
- 0840-00-00
- floruit
- 0869-00-00
- date of death
- 0900-00-00
- birth name
- ശങ്കരനാരായണൻ
- name in native language
- ശങ്കരനാരായണൻ
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Scientific contributions
- Astronomical Observatory
- Mathematical contributions
- Historiographical significance
- Identification of king Ravi Kulasekhara with Sthanu
- Date of ''Laghubhaskariyavivarana''
- As a Kali Date (when the ruler made enquiries regarding solar eclipse)
- In the Saka Era
- In regnal years
- See also
- References
Sankaranarayana (c. 840 – c. 900) was an Indian astronomer-mathematician in the court of Sthanu Ravi Kulasekhara (c. 844 – c. 870) of the early medieval Chera kingdom in Kerala. He is celebrated as the author of Laghubhaskariyavivarana or Laghubhaskariyavyakha, a detailed commentary on astronomical treatise Laghubhaskariya by 7th century mathematician Bhaskara I (which in turn was based on the works of the 5th century polymath Aryabhata).
Sankaranarayana is known to have established an astronomical observatory at the port of Mahodayapuram, present-day Kodungallur, in central Kerala. Laghubhaskariyavivarana (Chapter VII) explicitly states that it was composed in Saka Year 791 (corresponding to 869/70 AD). In the second verse of the commentary Sankaranarayana remembers five major predecessors in the field of mathematics (Aryabhata, Varahamihira, Bhaskara I, Govinda and Haridatta), including his possible master Govinda (c. 800 – c. 860 AD).
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