Pavuluri Mallana
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Pavuluri Mallana | |
|---|---|
| పావులూరి మల్లన | |
| Born | |
| Years active | c. 11th or early 12th century CE |
| Academic background | |
| Influences | Mahaviracharya |
| Academic work | |
| Main interests | Mathematics |
| Notable works | Sāra Sangraha Ganitamu |
Pavuluri Mallana was a c. 11th or early 12th century Indian mathematician from present-day Andhra Pradesh.[1][2] He translated Gaṇita-sāra-saṅgraha, a 9th century Sanskrit mathematical treatise of Mahaviracharya into Telugu as Sāra Sangraha Ganitamu, popularly known as Pavuluri Ganitamu.[3][4]
Sāra Sangraha Ganitamu was the earliest translation of a mathematical text from Sanskrit into a regional language and also the oldest scientific text written in Telugu.[5][6] It is also the first scientific treatise on mathematics in any Dravidian language.[7] Mallana also described the system of weights, measures, and coinage used in Andhra in that era in his work.[8] Mallana's work was followed by Eluganti Peddana's Prakīrna Ganitamu, a Telugu translation of Bhāskara's Līlāvatī.[9][10]
Pavuluri Mallana was a c. 11th or early 12th century Indian mathematician from present-day Andhra Pradesh.[1][2] Some historians consider him to be a contemporary of the 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] His grandson, also named Mallana, was a famous writer. However, some historians consider Pavuluri Mallana, the mathematician to be the grandson of Mallana, the poet. Rajaraja Narendra donated Nava Khandavada village near Pitapuram to Mallana, but it is not clear to which Mallana the grant refers to.[17][18]