Līlāvatī Malayalam Commentary

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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

"Līlāvatī Malayalam Commentary." Archive of Mathematical Practices. Accessed July 24, 2026. https://echoes.ifpindia.org/