Question

Consider the following: Which among the following statement/s are correct?

1. 'Parahita' system of astronomy existed in Kerala.
2. Katapayadi system employed letters to denote numbers
3. 'Laghubhaskareeya Vyakhya' is an astronomical work.

• A. ii only
• B. All of these
• C. None of these
• D. i, ii

Answer 1

Answer:

B. All of these

Parahita 

• Parahita is a system of astronomy prevalent in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, India.
• It was introduced by the Kerala astronomer Haridatta,
• The intention of this system was to simplify astronomical computations so that everyone could do it.

Katapayadi system

• It also known as Paralpperu, 
• It is an ancient Indian alphasyllabic numeral system to depict letters to numerals for easy remembrance of numbers as words or verses.
• Assigning more than one letter to one numeral and nullifying certain other letters as valueless, this system provides the flexibility in forming meaningful words out of numbers which can be easily remembered