Līlāvatī Malayalam Commentary

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"Līlāvatī Malayalam Commentary." Archive of Mathematical Practices. Accessed September 9, 2026. https://echoes.ifpindia.org/

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Title
Līlāvatī Malayalam Commentary
Description
This is one of the six commentaries of Līlāvatī in Malayalam according to K V Sarma. It contains a problem on Uruḷ Paliśa, or what the text later explains as 'paliśakku paliśa'. The Malayalam term 'paliśa' translate as interest and 'paliśakku paliśa' translates to interest on interest [see r. 106 - r.109]. The text has a Sanskrit verse on how to solve the problem and gives detailed description in Malayalam. Compound interest is usually not found in any of the major texts such as Līlāvatī, Pāṭīgaṇitam, Kaṇakkatikāram, Ganitasarasangraham or in any Sanskrit Commentaries of Lilavati.
Contributor
Vrinda P M
Provenance
This manuscript was possibly a part of Punnasseri Kalari, an educational center. The Kalari was later converted to Sree Neelakanta Government Sanskrit College, Pattambi. The letters 'Pu', 'nna' 'śśe', 'ri' are repeated, in that order, one after another, along with the page numbers, throughout the manuscript.
Type
Palmleaf Manuscript
Location
Sree Nilakanta Government Sanskrit College, Pattambi
Title Variant
Not available.
Creator
Vrinda P M
Subject
Mathematics
Language
Malayalam
Transcript Of
Malayalam
Completion
Incomplete. The manuscript begins from the leaf r. 101 and ends upto v. 187.
Current Accession Id
Ms.No.31116
Current Location
Sree Nilakanta Government Sanskrit College, Pattambi, Palakkad Dt, Kerala
Spatial Coverage
10.809720773971177, 76.19884769714298

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