Career
Narayanan Namboodiripad was considered to be an authority in the fields of Vaasthusaastram (Indian Architecture), Mathematics and Tantram. He authored a book titled Thanthra Samuchayam which is still considered as the authentic reference manual in the field of temple architecture and rituals. Other contributions to mathematics include:
A method of arriving at a circle starting with a square, and successively making it a regular octagon, a regular 16-sided, a 32-sided, 64-sided polygons, et cetera
Company-ordinate system of fixing points in a plane.
Converting a square to a regular hexagon having approximately equal area. Finding the width of a regular octagon, given the perimeter.
