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2010 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
K. V. Sarma (1919–2005)
Author : M. S. Sriram
Published in: Studies in the History of Indian Mathematics
Publisher: Hindustan Book Agency
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Born at Chengannur in Kerala on 27th December 1919, Krishna Venkateswara Sarma had his school education in Attingal near Thiruvananthapuram. He completed his B.Sc. degree with Physics as the major subject in 1940, from Maharaja’s College of Science, Thiruvanathapuram. His family tradition of Sanskrit scholarship influenced Sarma to join the M.A. course in Sanskrit at Maharaja’s College of Arts, Thiruvanathapuram, which he completed with distinction in 1942. During 1943–51, he was in charge of the Manuscripts Section of the Kerala University Oriental Research Institute and Manuscripts Library. It is here that he acquired expertise in deciphering and critically editing palm-leaf and paper manuscripts of Sanskrit and Malayalam texts. During this period, he prepared an analytical catalogue of nearly 50,000 manuscripts of the library.