''Siddhānta Śiromaṇi'' (

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; stem form ; nominal singular , ,) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in northwest South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cultural ...

: सिद्धान्त शिरोमणि iddʱɑn̪t̪ᵊ ɕɪɾoməɳiːfor "Crown of treatises") is the major treatise of Indian mathematician

Bhāskara II Bhāskara II ('; 1114–1185), also known as Bhāskarāchārya (), was an Indian people, Indian polymath, Indian mathematicians, mathematician, astronomer and engineer. From verses in his main work, Siddhānta Śiromaṇi, it can be inferre ...

. He wrote the ''Siddhānta Śiromaṇi'' in 1150 when he was 36 years old. The work is composed in Sanskrit Language in 1450 verses.

Parts

Līlāvatī

The name of the book comes from his daughter, Līlāvatī. It is the first volume of the ''Siddhānta Śiromaṇi''. The book contains thirteen chapters, 278 verses, mainly

arithmetic Arithmetic is an elementary branch of mathematics that deals with numerical operations like addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. In a wider sense, it also includes exponentiation, extraction of roots, and taking logarithms. ...

and

measurement Measurement is the quantification of attributes of an object or event, which can be used to compare with other objects or events. In other words, measurement is a process of determining how large or small a physical quantity is as compared to ...

Beejagaṇita

It is the second volume of ''Siddhānta Śiromaṇi''. It is divided into six parts, contains 213 verses and is devoted to

algebra Algebra is a branch of mathematics that deals with abstract systems, known as algebraic structures, and the manipulation of expressions within those systems. It is a generalization of arithmetic that introduces variables and algebraic ope ...

''Gaṇitādhyāya'' and ''Golādhyāya''

''Gaṇitādhyāya'' and ''Golādhyāya'' of ''Siddhānta Śiromaṇi'' are devoted to astronomy. All put together there are about 900 verses. (''Gaṇitādhyāya'' has 451 and ''Golādhyāya'' has 501 verses).

Translations

In 1797, Safdar Ali Khan of

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translated the ''Siddhanta Shiromani'' into Persian as ''Zij-i Sarumani''. The translation is now a lost work, and is known only from a mention in Khan's other work - ''Zij-i Safdari''.

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