Aasthana Kolakalam

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"Aasthana Kolakalam." Archive of Mathematical Practices. Accessed September 9, 2026. https://echoes.ifpindia.org/s/shmp_landing/document/AKL_TLU_TNJ_1719_B_02224

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Title: Aasthana Kolakalam
Description: The catalogue information from holding repository identify this manuscript as Astana Kolakalam. The first leaf which contains an invocation also refers to the manuscript as Astana Kolakalam. However, we are unsure if the following leaves belong to Astana Kolakalam, which is recognised as a mathematical manuscript in the tradition of Kanakkatikaram tradition. Even if it is, the manuscript is clearly incomplete.

Astana Kolakalam is considered to have been inspired by Kanakkatikaram texts and follows a similar organisation of problem verses based on context of computations, such as gold, land, grain and so on. The author intend it to be a summary (kolakalam) which will be an useful reference both the skilled and numerically weak.

Whether all the leaves we have here belongs to Astana Kolakalam needs to be examined. Besides manuscripts housed in GOML, Chennai and Saravati Mahal Library there are also two edited volumes of Astana Kolakalam available.
Kanakkatikaram
Volume of Astana Kolakalam edited by K Sathyabhama and published by Saravati Mahal Library
Volume of Astana Kolakalam edited by Thirumalai Sree Saila Sarma and published by GOML
Rights: Creative Commons (CC BY SA NC 4.0), Deed Creative Commons (CC BY SA NC 4.0), Legal Code
Identifier: AKL_TLU_TNJ_1719_B_02224
Type: Palm Leaf Manuscript
Title Variant: ஆஸ்தான கோலகலம்
Title Translation: āstāṉa kōlākalam
Subject: Work Place Text
Language: Tamil
Current Accession Id: B 02224
Current Repository Id: 1719
Current Location: Tamil University, Thanjavur
Spatial Coverage: 10.736563307666648,79.09804495717188
Location - Physical Location: Tamil University, Thanjavur
List: Tamil University, Thanjavur
Tag: Tamil University, Thanjavur
Workplace Text
Palm Leaf manuscript