Narayana Pandita (mathematician)

This article is about Indian mathematician Narayana Pandita. For Narayana Pandita, the writer of the book Hitopadesh, see Narayan Pandit.

Nārāyaṇa Paṇḍita (Sanskrit: नारायण पण्डित) (1340–1400[1]) was an Indian mathematician. Plofker writes that his texts were the most significant Sanskrit mathematics treatises after those of Bhaskara II, other than the Kerala school.[2]: 52  He wrote the Ganita Kaumudi (lit. "Moonlight of mathematics"[3]) in 1356[3] about mathematical operations. The work anticipated many developments in combinatorics.

  1. ^ "Narayana - Biography". Maths History. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
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