What is "chitrabhanu"

Chitrabhanu (; ) was a mathematician of the Kerala school and a student of Nilakantha Somayaji. He is noted for a , a concise astronomical manual, dated to 1530, an algebraic treatise, and a commentary on a poetic text. Nilakantha and he were both teachers of Shankara Variyar.

Chitrabhanu ( Hindi:चित्रभानु) is a prominent figure in American Jainism.