Kanakkusaram

There are two versions of the work: one of them is titled simply Kaṇakkusāraṃ while the other is titled Kaṇakkusāraṃ (Bālaprabodhaṃ). Both have been published by Government Oriental Manuscript Library, Madras (Chennai) in 1950 critically edited with introductions by C. Achyutha Menon. There are some differences in content between the two versions. According to Achyutha Menon the versions are likely to be of different authorship though both might have borrowed material from a common source.

Contents

The original manuscripts of both versions of Kaṇakkusāraṃ had no division into chapters. It was one continuous text from beginning to end. However, at the time of publication of the work by Government Oriental Manuscript Library, the editor of the book C. Achyutha Menon divided it into chapters based on the nature of contents.

Chapter 1: Names for numbers less than one and greater than one; measurements of volume, weight, time

Chapter 2:

Rule of three (mathematics)

Chapter 3: Rule of five

Chapter 4: Rules of seven and nine

Chapter 5: Calculations in respect of gold

Chapter 6: Calculations in respect of timber, wages for spade work, grain transactions, house building, land tenure, masonry, ground measurement

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