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' (a name meaning "king of knowledge") was an Indian astronomer and mathematician, author of ' ("noble treatise"), a Hindu astronomical treatise written in ca. AD 1500. The work contains a comprehensive summary of the system of Hindu astronomy, including methods of computing planetary positions and eclipses, paired with Hindu astronomy and its role in Hindu tradition, aiming at a synthesis between the tenets of Indian astronomy and the mythological accounts given of the cosmos in the Puranas. The ''Siddhāntasundara'' is part of the "Maharashtra School", a late flourishing of Hindu mathematics standing alongside the contemporary and better-known Kerala School.〔(B.V. Subbarayappa, ''Science in India'' (2013) ) 〕 ==References== *Toke Lindegaard Knudsen, ''The Siddhāntasundara of Jñānarāja, An English Translation with Commentary'' (2014) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jñānarāja」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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