Halayudha

 ( 10th-century Indian Mathematicians ) 

Halāyudha (Sanskrit: हलायुध) wrote the , a close reading on Pingala's Chandaḥśāstra, was an Indian Mathematician and poet who lived and worked in the 10th century.Maurice Winternitz, History of Indian Literature, Vol. III The Chandaḥśāstra by the Indian lyricist Piṅgala (3rd or 2nd century BC) somewhat crypically describes a method of arranging two types of syllables to form metres of various lengths and counting them; as interpreted and elaborated by Halāyudha his "method of pyramidal expansion" ( meru-prastāra) for counting metres is equivalent to Pascal's triangle.

Alexander Zawaira Gavin Hitchcock (2008). 9780191561702, Oxford University. ISBN 9780191561702

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Biography Halayudha originally resided at the Rashtrakuta capital Manyakheta, now located in Karnataka, where he wrote under the patronage of emperor Krishna III. His Kavi-Rahasya eulogizes Krishna III. Later, he migrated to Ujjain in the Paramara dynasty kingdom. There, he composed Mṛta-Sañjīvanī in honour of the Paramara king Vakpati Munja.

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Works Halayudha composed the following works:

• Kavi-Rahasya, a book on poetics
• Mṛta-Sañjīvanī, a commentary on Pingala's Chandaḥ-śāstra
• Abhidhana-ratna-mala, a lexicon
• Halāyudha Kośa, a dictionary

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See also

• Indian mathematicians

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Bibliography History of Rashtrakutas

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