कलन-परम्परा · Chapter Overview
From The Laghumānasa of Mañjula — the Dawn of Calculus, taught by Acharya T Krishnatrey. This lesson is free to read.
<pre data-block="statement">What this chapter covers | Mañjula is one link in a long chain. We read Āryabhaṭa's encoded sine-table (the foundation), Bhāskara II's verses on instantaneous velocity a step beyond Mañjula, and see the lineage reach its height in Mādhava's Kerala school — whose own Sphuṭacandrāpti computed the true Moon at short intervals, and whose infinite series for sine, cosine and π are a true calculus, centuries before Europe.</pre>