Shankara Variyar

Shankara Variyar

Shankara Variyar was an Indian astronomer and mathematician who wrote the celebrated "Yuktidipika", a commentary on the "Tantrasangraha" of Nilakantha Somayaji.

ee also

*Indian mathematicians


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