Sangamagrama

Sangamagrama
—  village  —
Coordinates
Country India
State Kerala
District(s) Thrissur
Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)

Sangamagrama is a town in medieval Kerala believed to be the town of Irinjalakuda[1], near Cochin. It is associated with the noted mathematician Mādhava of Sañgamāgrama, founder of the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics.

It is known for the Koodalmanikyam temple.

References

  1. ^ C T Rajagopal and M S Rangachari (June 1978). "On an untapped source of medieval Keralese mathematics". Archive for History of Exact Sciences 18 (2): 89–102. http://www.springerlink.com/content/mnr38341u762u544/?p=a9e26ffde91946b288bcb6deebac245c&pi=0.