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    Bhāskara II ([bʰɑːskərə]; c.1114–1185), also known as Bhāskarāchārya (lit. 'Bhāskara the teacher'), was an Indian polymath, mathematician, and astronomer...
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  • Book of Bhāskara") and the Laghubhāskarīya ("Small Book of Bhāskara"). On 7 June 1979, the Indian Space Research Organisation launched the Bhāskara I satellite...
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  • after the ancient Indian mathematicians Bhāskara I and Bhāskara II. R. M. Vasagam was the project director. Bhaskara-I, weighing 444 kg at launch, was launched...
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  • and Indian syncopation may be derived from a common Babylonian source. Bhāskara II (1114 – c. 1185) was the leading mathematician of the 12th century. In...
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    manuscript) Brahmagupta's mathematical advances were carried on further by Bhāskara II, a lineal descendant in Ujjain, who described Brahmagupta as the...
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    Līlāvatī is a treatise by Indian mathematician Bhāskara II on mathematics, written in 1150 AD. It is the first volume of his main work, the Siddhānta...
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  • Bhāskara's wheel was a hypothetical perpetual-motion machine design created around 1150 CE by the Indian mathematician Bhāskara II. The wheel consisted...
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  • Brahmagupta, and Bhāskara I. In turn, he influenced later generations of astronomers, including Āryabhaṭa II, Śrīpati, Vaṭeśvara, and Bhāskara II (who later...
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  • mathematician and astronomer, and the author of the Maha-Siddhanta. The numeral II is given to him to distinguish him from the earlier and more influential Āryabhaṭa I...
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    a native of Kusumapura or Pataliputra (near present day Patna, Bihar). Bhāskara I describes Aryabhata as āśmakīya, "one belonging to the Aśmaka country...
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    "Crown of treatises") is the major treatise of Indian mathematician Bhāskara II. He wrote the Siddhānta Śiromaṇi in 1150 when he was 36 years old. The...
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    who were born or lived in Ujjain include: Sage Sandipani Varāhamihira Bhāskara II Brahmagupta Chashtana Kālidāsa Devi (wife of Ashoka) Shivmangal Singh...
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    direction you may throw them away, and never rise upwards from the earth. Bhāskara II (c. 1114 – c. 1185), another Indian mathematician and astronomer, describes...
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  • Pāṭīgaṇita-sāra, he was probably a Shaivite Hindu. He was mentioned by Bhāskara II (12th century), and made apparent reference to Brahmagupta (7th century)...
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    ISBN 0-387-25529-X) George E. Andrews and Bruce C. Berndt, Ramanujan's Lost Notebook: Part II, (Springer, 2008, ISBN 978-0-387-77765-8) George E. Andrews and Bruce C. Berndt...
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    on algebra quoted by Bhāskara II. The modern quadratic formula is sometimes called Sridharacharya's formula in India and Bhaskara's formula in Brazil. The...
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    beside some anonymous commentaries: Sanskrit language: Prabhakara (c. 525) Bhaskara I (c. 629) Someshvara (c. 1040) Surya-deva (born 1191), Bhata-prakasha...
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  • also extended some results found in earlier works, including those of Bhāskara II. However, they did not combine many differing ideas under the two unifying...
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    general method for solving the Pell's equation (for all N) was given by Bhāskara II in 1150, extending the methods of Brahmagupta. Called the chakravala...
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    Jantar Mantars in India. All were built at the command of the Rajah Jai Singh II, who had a keen interest in mathematics, architecture and astronomy. The largest...
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  • 1100) authored a mathematical treatise titled Gome-mat Saar. Bhaskara II Bhāskara II (1114–1185) was a mathematician-astronomer who wrote a number of...
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  • Manava Pāṇini Pingala Yajnavalkya Classical Āryabhaṭa I Āryabhaṭa II Bhāskara I Bhāskara II Melpathur Narayana Bhattathiri Brahmadeva Brahmagupta Govindasvāmi...
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    astronomy instruments. The site is one of five built by Maharaja Jai Singh II of Jaipur, from 1723 onwards, revising the calendar and astronomical tables...
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    Varahamihira, ninth century Lalla, eleventh century Sripati and Bhaskara. The texts of Bhaskara have dedicated chapters on instruments and he calls them Yantra-adhyaya...
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  • (IAST: Bījagaṇita) was treatise on algebra by the Indian mathematician Bhāskara II. It is the second volume of his main work Siddhānta Shiromani ("Crown...
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  • In mathematics, Bhāskara I's sine approximation formula is a rational expression in one variable for the computation of the approximate values of the trigonometric...
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  • Manava Pāṇini Pingala Yajnavalkya Classical Āryabhaṭa I Āryabhaṭa II Bhāskara I Bhāskara II Melpathur Narayana Bhattathiri Brahmadeva Brahmagupta Govindasvāmi...
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    and fourth powers allowed him to calculate the volume of a paraboloid. Bhāskara II (c. 1114–1185) was acquainted with some ideas of differential calculus...
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  • systems. Bhāskara I (629 CE): Authored the astronomical works Mahābhāskariya (Great Book of Bhāskara), Laghubhaskariya (Small Book of Bhaskara), and the...
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  • Manava Pāṇini Pingala Yajnavalkya Classical Āryabhaṭa I Āryabhaṭa II Bhāskara I Bhāskara II Melpathur Narayana Bhattathiri Brahmadeva Brahmagupta Govindasvāmi...
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