"Square the diameter and multiply the product by 12, and extract the root of this product; the root obtained will be the modulus of odd quotes, which if you divide by 3, the quotient will be the modulus of even quotes. Divide each modulus continually by 9, and the quotient thus obtained from the former, divide by double the numbers 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, etc. minus 1 respectively, and the quotient obtained by the latter, by double the number 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, etc. minus 1 respectively, add up the new obtained quotes, and subtract the sum of those gotten from the even from the sum of those gotten from the odd modulus, the remainder is the circumference of the circle. Square the diameter and multiply the product by 12, and extract the root of this product; this root divide continually by 3, and the quotients thus obtained by 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, etc., and subtract the sum of the second, fourth, sixth, eighth of the last obtained quotes from the sum of the first, third, fifth, seventh, ninth, etc. If you do thus, and measure the diameter of a great circle by 100000000000000000 equal parts, the circumference will be equal to 314159265358979324 of such parts."
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Sankara Varman
1774 – 1839
Sankara Varman (1774–1839) was an astronomer-mathematician belonging to the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics. He is best known as the author of Sadratnamala, a treatise on astronomy and mathematics, composed in 1819. Sankara Varman is considered as the last notable figure in the long line of illustrious astronomers and mathematicians in the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics beginning with Madhava of Sangamagrama. Sadratnamala was composed in the traditional style followed by m
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