The Texts · Gaṇita / Siddhānta — the computational lineage
Vākya Karaṇa
वाक्यकरण
Anonymous; Tamil country · c. 1282–1306 CE (Kuppanna Sastri & K.V. Sarma’s estimate) · ganita
What this text is
The base text of the Tamil vākya-pañcāṅga tradition.
Mnemonic sentence-encoded (mahāvākya) planetary positions with the Laghuprakāśikā commentary.
Its role in this app
Lineage witness for the vākya-versus-drik pañcāṅga split our convention doctrine names; context for southern almanac disagreements.
Editions our research holds
kuppanna-sastri-kv-sarma
Kuppanna Sastri & K.V. Sarma edition (KSRI 1962).
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