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Nilakantha's writings substantiate his knowledge of several branches of Indian philosophy and culture. It is said that he could refer to a Mimamsa authority to establish his view-point in a debate and with equal felicity apply a grammatical dictum to the same purpose. In his writings he refers to a
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Somayāji’s "Āryabhaṭīyabhāṣya" is the most extensive commentary on Āryabhaṭīya. He takes all pains to expose the rationale and the objective behind the statements and observations made by Āryabhaṭa. He goes on clarifying all the possible doubts. The way in which he formulates and interconnects ideas
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Mimamsa authority, quotes extensively from Pingala's chandas-sutra, scriptures, Dharmasastras, Bhagavata and Vishnupurana also. Sundararaja, a contemporary Tamil astronomer, refers to Nilakantha as sad-darshani-parangata, one who had mastered the six systems of Indian philosophy.
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is simply beautiful. At times his commentary on a particular point runs into pages. But it would be a pleasure to read it, for, the language and style of argument are the very same as those in a polemical text of philosophy.
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Nilakantha Somayaji was one of the very few authors of the scholarly traditions of India who had cared to record details about his own life and times.
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Modification of the earlier Indian planetary theory by the Kerala astronomers (c. 1500 AD) and the implied heliocentric picture of planetary motion
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indicate that Nilakantha Somayaji was a member of the Kelallur family (Sanskritised as Kerala-sad-grama) residing at Kundagrama, now known as
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contain chronograms specifying the Kali-days of the commencement (1,680,548) and of completion (1,680,553) of Somayaji's magnum opus
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The following is a brief description of the works by Nilakantha Somayaji dealing with astronomy and mathematics.
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in the late 16th century. Most astronomers of the Kerala school who followed him accepted this planetary model.
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1,660,181 which works out to 14 June 1444 CE. A contemporary reference to Nilakantha Somayaji in a
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in later life. In colloquial Malayalam usage the word Somayaji has been corrupted to Comatiri.
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Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures
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is a manual on making observations in astronomy based on instruments of the time.
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implies that Somayaji lived to a ripe old age even to become a centenarian.
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Nilakantha's critique on Aryabhata's verses on squaring and square rooting
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completed in 1501. He had also composed an elaborate commentary on
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Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipients in Mathematical Science
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for these planets remained the most accurate until the time of
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and some aspects of astronomy under one Ravi. However, it was
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The Contribution of Kelallur Nilakantha Somayaji to Astronomy
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The Crest of the Peacock: Non-European Roots of Mathematics
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List of astronomers and mathematicians of the Kerala school
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Infinite series expansions for the trigonometric functions
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K. Ramasubramanian, M. D. Srinivas, M. S. Sriram (1994). "
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P. Vinod Bhattathiripad; K.D. Nambudripad (3 May 2007).
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is said to have been a student of Nilakantha Somayaji.
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