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Indian astronomer-mathematician (1500-1560) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sankara Variyar (IAST: Śaṅkara Vāriyar; c. 1500 – c. 1560[1]) was an astronomer-mathematician of the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics. His family were employed as temple-assistants in the temple at Tṛkkuṭaveli near modern Ottapalam.[2]
He was taught mainly by Nilakantha Somayaji (1444–1544), the author of the Tantrasamgraha and Jyesthadeva (1500–1575), the author of Yuktibhāṣā. Other teachers of Shankara include Netranarayana, the patron of Nilakantha Somayaji and Chitrabhanu, the author of an astronomical treaties dated to 1530 and a small work with solutions and proofs for algebraic equations.[2]
The known works of Shankara Variyar are the following:[2]
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