KV Sarma

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Krishna Venkateswara Sarma (born December 27, 1919 in Chengannur , Kerala , † January 13, 2005 ) was an Indian math and astronomy historian, Sanskrit scholar and Indologist.

Sarma went to school in Attingal near Thiruvananthapuram and then studied physics with a bachelor's degree in 1940 and Sanskrit with a master's degree in 1942. Then he was until 1951 head of the manuscript department of the Oriental Research Institute of the University of Kerala with almost 50,000 manuscripts in Sanskrit and Malayalam , which he cataloged. 1951 to 1962 he was in the Sanskrit department of the University of Madras . Here he began his thorough source studies and collections on the Kerala School of Mathematics and Astronomy, which he followed throughout his life.

In 1962 he went to the Visvesvaranand Institute of Sanskrit and Indological Studies at Punjab University in Hoshiarpur . In 1983 he moved to Chennai . He remained scientifically active until shortly before his death.

He was considered a leading specialist in the South Indian School of Astronomers and Mathematicians in Kerala , whose importance he recognized and whose texts he edited. From the Kerala School he published works by Haridatta (7th century), Madhava (1340-1425), Parameshvara (1360-1455) and Nilakantha Somayaji (1444-1544). Among other things, he edited the astronomical treatise Tantrasamgraha (completed in 1501) by Nilakantha and the commentary on it (Yuktibhasa) by Jyesthadeva (around 1500 to around 1575).

He was with KS Shukla editor of the main astronomical work of Aryabhata (Aryabhatiya).

Sarma received an honorary doctorate (D. Litt.) From Panjab University in 1977 and received the Certificate of Honor from the President of India in 1992.

In the 1990s he founded the Sree Sarada Education Society and an associated research institute, to which he bequeathed his book and manuscript collection to continue his work.

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He wrote over 100 books and 600 scientific articles.

  • A history of the Kerala school of Hindu astronomy (in perspective) , Hoshiarpur: Vishveshvaranand Institute 1972
  • A bibliography of Kerala and Kerala-based astronomy and astrology , Hoshiarpur: Vishveshvaranand Institute 1972
  • as editor and commentator: Līlāvatī of Bhāskarācārya with Kriyākramakarī of Śaṅkara and Nārāyaṇa. Being an Elaborate Exposition of the Rationale of Hindu Mathematics. Critically edited with Introduction and Appendices , Hoshiarpur: Vishveshvaranand Institute 1975
  • Observational astronomy in India , Dept. of Sanskrit, University of Calicut 1990
  • with KS Shukla: Āryabhaṭīya of Āryabhaṭa , New Delhi: the Indian National Science Academy 1976
  • with K. Ramasubramanian, MD Srinivas, MS Sriram Ganita-Yukti-Bhasa (Rationales in Mathematical Astronomy) of Jyesthadeva. Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences , Springer Verlag 2008 (in Malayalam and English)
  • Yuktibhāṣā of Jyeṣṭhadeva: A book of rationales in Indin mathematics and astronomy - an analytical appraisal , Indian Journal of History of Science, Volume 26, 1991, 185-207.
  • Various articles on Indian mathematics and astronomy in Helaine Selin (editor) Encyclopaedia of the history of science, technology, and medicine in non-western cultures , Springer 1997
  • with Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, Vempati Kutumbasastri Science Texts in Sanskrit in the Manuscripts Repositories of Kerala and Tamil Nadu , New Delhi: Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan 2002 (directory of over 3500 manuscripts)
  • Harekrishna Satapathy (editor): Facets of Indian astronomy: a collection of articles of Prof. KV Sarma , Rashtriya Sanskrit University, 2009

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  1. ↑ In it he improves Aryabatha's theory of Mercury and Venus
personal data
SURNAME Sarma, KV
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sarma, Krishna Venkateswara (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Chengannur , Kerala
DATE OF DEATH January 13, 2005