Siddhānta Śiromani (Sanskrit: सिद्धांत शिरोमणी for "Crown of treatises"[1]) is the major treatise of Indian mathematician Bhāskara II. He wrote the Siddhānta Śiromani in 1150 when he was 36 years old. The work is composed in Sanskrit Language in 1450 verses.[2]
Parts
Līlāvatī
Main article: Lilāvati
The name of the book comes from his daughter, Līlāvatī. It is the first volume of the Siddhānta Śiromani. The book contains thirteen chapters, 278 verses, mainly arithmetic and measurement.
Bijaganita
Main article: Bijaganita
It is the second volume of Siddhānta Shiromani. It is divided into six parts, contains 213 verses and is devoted to algebra.
Ganitādhyāya and Goladhyāya
Ganitadhyaya and Goladhyaya of Siddhānta-Śiromani are devoted to astronomy. All put together there are about 900 verses.[3] (Ganitādhyāya has 451 and Goladhyāya has 501 verses).
References
Plofker 2009, p. 71.
"khagol Maandal".
"BHASKAR'S ASTRONOMY".
Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics
Graduate Studies in Mathematics
Hellenica World - Scientific Library
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