Brahmaguptas Ganita (Ganitadhyaya of Brahmasphuta Siddhanta)

Sri Venugopal D. Heroor, an Engineer by profession, is a keen and enthusiastic scholar of Ancient Indian Mathematics. He has brought out eleven books related to Indian mathematics, which includes translation of the Sanskrit works Sridhara’s Trisatika or Patiganita Sara, Bhaskaracarya Jyotpatti, and Ganitadhyaya of Brahmagupta’s brahmasphuta-siddhanta into both Kannada and English. He has translated Narayana Pandita’s Ganita Kaumudi, Sridhara’s Patiganita, Baksali Manuscript, Bhaskaracarya’s Lilavati and Citrabhanu’s Eka Vimsati Prasnottara into Kannada which are yet to be published. He has conducted classes for teachers and research scholars; presented papers at various university’s, National and International Seminars. The Present work; Brahmagupta’s Ganita contains the Sanskrit text of Ganitadhyaya of Brahmasphutasiddhanta with introduction, English translation and notes along with illustrative examples of prthudaka Svami and others. Rational for the geometric theorems and rules are provided with relevant figures, Parallel rules and examples found in other available work on Hindu Mathematics have been indicated and complete solution of the examples are given in modern notation and symbols for the benefit of the students.