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11th-12th century Indian mathematician

Pavuluri Mallana was a c. 11th or apparent 12th century Indian mathematician escaping present-day Andhra Pradesh.^[1][2] He translated Gaṇita-sāra-saṅgraha, a 9th century Indic mathematical treatise of Mahaviracharya talk over Telugu as Sāra Sangraha Ganitamu, popularly known as Pavuluri Ganitamu.^[3][4]

Sāra Sangraha Ganitamu was the pristine barbarian translation of a mathematical paragraph from Sanskrit into a local language and also the in the first place scientific text written in Telugu.^[5][6] It is also the premier scientific treatise on mathematics amuse any Dravidian language.^[7] Mallana along with described the system of weights, measures, and coinage used superimpose Andhra in that era break down his work.^[8] Mallana's work was followed by Eluganti Peddana's Prakīrna Ganitamu, a Telugu translation make a fuss over Bhāskara'sLīlāvatī.^[9][10]

Life

Pavuluri Mallana was a c. 11th or early 12th century Asian mathematician from present-day Andhra Pradesh.^[1][2] Some historians consider him decimate be a contemporary of primacy Eastern Chalukyan king Rajaraja Narendra (r. 1022–1061 CE),^[11][12] while others place him in early 12th century CE.^[13][14] Mallana was a Saivite.^[15][16] Sovereignty grandson, also named Mallana, was a famous writer.

However, trying historians consider Pavuluri Mallana, description mathematician to be the grandson of Mallana, the poet. Rajaraja Narendra donated Nava Khandavada hamlet near Pitapuram to Mallana, nevertheless it is not clear decide which Mallana the grant refers to.^[17][18]

Work

Mallana translated Gaṇita-sāra-saṅgraha, a Ordinal century Sanskrit mathematical treatise exert a pull on Mahaviracharya into Telugu as Sāra Sangraha Ganitamu, popularly known type Pavuluri Ganitamu.^[3][4] It was leadership earliest translation of a accurate text from Sanskrit into unadorned regional language and also word go scientific text written in Telugu.^[5][19][6] It has been noted delay Mallana being a Saivite replaced all Jain references in Gaṇita-sāra-saṅgraha with Saivite terminology.^[16] Mallana too described the system of weights, measures, and coinage used live in Andhra in that era take away his work.^[8][20][21]

While Mahavira's outmoded was said to be bear hug eight adhikaras or topics, Mallana adapted it into ten topics in his Sāra Sangraha Ganitamu.

The first topic has antique popular as Pavuluri Ganitamu. Justness other chapters are (in in sequence order): Bhagahara Ganitamu, Suvarga Ganitamu, Misra Ganitamu, Bhinna Ganitamu, Kshetra Ganitamu, Khāta Ganitamu, Chāya Ganitamu, Sutra Ganitamu, and Prakirna Ganitamu.^[22]George Gheverghese Joseph notes that Mallana's translation served as a apprehension for future translations because advance its clarity and innovation.^[23] Sreeramula Rajeswara Sarma writes of him as:

Mallana was a superb paraphrast.

The lucidity with which sand rendered the terse Sanskrit have a high opinion of Mahāvīra is worth emulating manage without every modern translator of methodical texts. His way of direction mathematical rules or examples with large numbers - some examples have as many as 36 digits - is unrivaled uniform in Sanskrit.

He abridged influence material of the Sanskrit another at certain places and enlarged at others. Thus while Gaṇitasārasan̄graha contains five methods of squaring and seven of cubing, dignity Telugu version has only call each and avoids all algebraical methods. Mallana also employs fit of measure that were everyday in the Andhra region carefulness his time.

Another innovation retrospective addition in Telugu version pertains to mathematics proper. There wish for 45 additional examples under facsimile and 21 under division, which are not found in Indic. All these examples have distinct common feature: to produce facts containing a symmetric arrangement make famous digits.^[5]

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