Siddhānta Shiromani


Siddhānta Śiromaṇi is the major treatise of Indian mathematician Bhāskara II. He wrote the Siddhānta Śiromaṇi in 1150 when he was 36 years old. The work is composed in Sanskrit Language in 1450 verses.

Parts

Līlāvatī

The name of the book comes from his daughter, Līlāvatī. It is the first volume of the Siddhānta Śiromaṇi. The book contains thirteen chapters, 278 verses, mainly arithmetic and measurement.

Beejagaṇita

It is the second volume of Siddhānta Śiromaṇi. It is divided into six parts, contains 213 verses and is devoted to algebra.

''Gaṇitādhyāya'' and ''Golādhyāya''

Gaṇitādhyāya and Golādhyāya of Siddhānta Śiromaṇi are devoted to astronomy. All put together there are about 900 verses..

Translations

In 1797, Safdar Ali Khan of Hyderabad translated the Siddhanta Shiromani into Persian as Zij-i Sarumani. The translation is now a lost work, and is known only from a mention in Khan's other work - Zij-i Safdari.