Pavuluri Mallana

Pavuluri Mallana, who followed Adikavi Nannaya is a mathematician of 11th century. He composed 'Ganitam' is the first Telugu rendering of an original Sanskrit work on mathematics.^[1]

He was contemporary of king Rajaraja Narendra (1022–1063 AD). He has translated Ganitasara, a mathematical treatise of Mahivaracharya into Telugu language as Sara Sangraha Ganitamu.^[2] He also wrote Bhadradri Rama Satakamu published by Vavilla Ramaswamy Sastrulu and Sons in 1916.^[3]

Rajaraja Narendra has donated Navakhandavada agraharam near Pithapuram named Mallana. His grandson also named Mallana is the famous writer. This Pavuluru village is presently in Parchuru Mandal of Prakasam district.

References

^ Telugulo Toli Ganitha Granthakarta Pavuluri Mallana, Monogram by Vidwan Tenneti, Edited by Prof. P. V. Arunachalam, Reprint of first edition, Telugu Akademi, Hyderabad, 2008.
^ History of Telugu Literature at Culturopedia.com
^ Bhadradri Rama Satakamu at Amazon.com

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