Siddhāntaśiromaṇi

…other of his works, notably Siddhāntaśiromaṇi (“Head Jewel of Accuracy”) and Karaṇakutūhala (“Calculation of Astronomical Wonders”), he wrote on his astronomical observations of planetary positions, conjunctions, eclipses, cosmography, geography, and the mathematical techniques and astronomical equipment used in these

…of his astronomical magnum opus, Siddhanta-siromani (“Crest-Jewel of Astronomical Systems”). These astronomical works were primarily aimed at students and scholars pursuing astronomy, astrology, and calendrics as their hereditary occupation (generally Hindu Brahmans or scholar-monks of the heterodoxies). However, the need for more general instruction in ganita must certainly have affected…