Siddhanta-śiromaṇi (English)

Japanese: 《Siddhānta-śiromaṇi》(英語表記)Siddhantasiromani
Siddhanta-śiromaṇi (English)

…Born in Bijapur, now part of the Mysore region, he completed a tetralogy of mathematics and astronomy collectively known as the Siddhānta-śiromaṇi at the age of 36. The two works, Lilāvatī and Bijagaṇita, deal with the two major branches of Indian mathematics: pāṭīgaṇita (mathematics using only known numbers) and bijagaṇita (mathematics using unknown numbers), respectively.

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…生地は現在のマイソール地方のビジャープル市である。36歳のとき《シッダーンタ・シローマニSiddhānta‐śiromaṇi》と総称される数学と天文学の四部作を完成した。そのうち《リーラーバティーLīlāvatī》と《ビージャガニタBījagaṇita》は,インド数学の二大分野であるパーティーガニタpāṭīgaṇita(既知数のみを用いる数学)とビージャガニタ(未知数を用いて行われる数学)をそれぞれ扱ったものである。…

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