Kanakkatikaram

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"Kanakkatikaram." Archive of Mathematical Practices. Accessed September 9, 2026. https://echoes.ifpindia.org/s/shmp_landing/document/KKM_GOML_CHN_TR_222

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Title: Kanakkatikaram
Description: The dimension of this palm leaf manuscript is 38 x 3.5. Contains 31 leaves. 7 lines per page approximately. Preserved in good condition. Incomplete. This manuscript contains both the text with its commentary. This manuscript contains two kinds of page numbers inscribed to the left of the manuscript one gives the whole number of the bundle and the other gives the page number of the text. Each folio was classified according to the physical form of the manuscript. The text and its commentary were mentioned separately with specified symbols. Measurements, mathematical calculations are clearly explained. This could possibly be a pedagogical material. The copier appears to have had a sense of having a student's needs in his mind while copying. However, this needs to be closely examined.
Kanakkatikaram
Rights: Creative Commons (CC BY SA NC 4.0), Deed Creative Commons (CC BY SA NC 4.0), Legal Code
Identifier: KKM_GOML_CHN_TR_222
Type: Palm Leaf Manuscript
Title Variant: கணக்கதிகாரம்
Title Translation: kaṇakkatikāram
Date Created: CE
Subject: Work Place Text
Language: Tamil
Dimensions: 38 x 3.5
Current Repository Id: TR222
Current Location: Government Oriental Manuscript Library, Chennai
Spatial Coverage: 13.06670968457052,80.28299641485435
Location - Physical Location: Government Oriental Research Institute, Chennai
List: Government Oriental Manuscript Library, Chennai
Tag: GOML, Chennai
Workplace Text
Palm Leaf manuscript