Background
He was born on November 1, 1821, to a Brahmin family of Maharashtra.
Astronomer historian mathematician translator
He was born on November 1, 1821, to a Brahmin family of Maharashtra.
He also studied the Lilāvati and Bijaganita under Dhundiraja Misra.
He received his early education in arithmetic and algebra at the Marathi school in Nagpur. Noting his talent, the British political agent Lancelot Wilkinson secured his admission to the Sehore Sanskrit school where he studied Siddhānta Shiromani, Euclidean Geometry and European science in general under Pandit Sevarama and Wilkinson himself. In 1842 Sastri went to Government Sanskrit College, Varanasi, where he taught rekha-ganita (Euclidean Geometry).