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Bhāskara
Bhāskara is an epithet of the Hindu deity of the sun, Surya. It may also refer to: People * Bhāskara (Bhedabheda Vedanta), Indian philosopher who was an early figure in the Bhedabheda tradition of Vedanta * Rao Siddani Bhaskara (born 1943), Indian graph theorist * Bhāskara I (c. 600 – c. 680), Indian mathematician and commentator * Bhāskara II (1114–1185), Indian mathematician and astronomer; wrote the ''Siddhanta Siromani'' * Bhaskara (Kashmiri), writer; wrote on the Kashmir Shaivism sect of Hinduism * Bhaskararaya (1690–1785), Indian writer; wrote on the worship of the Mother Goddess in Hinduism * Bhaskara Sethupathy (1868–1905), Raja of Ramnad Other uses * Bhaskara Satellite series, satellites built by the Indian Space Research Organisation See also * Bhaskar (other) * Bhaskara's formula, another name (after Bhaskara II) for the quadratic formula In elementary algebra, the quadratic formula is a closed-form expression descr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhāskara I
Bhāskara (; commonly called Bhāskara I to avoid confusion with the 12th-century mathematician Bhāskara II) was a 7th-century Indian mathematician and astronomer who was the first to write numbers in the Hindu–Arabic decimal system with a circle for the zero, and who gave a unique and remarkable rational approximation of the sine function in his commentary on Aryabhata's work. This commentary, ''Āryabhaṭīyabhāṣya'', written in 629, is among the oldest known prose works in Sanskrit on mathematics and astronomy. He also wrote two astronomical works in the line of Aryabhata's school: the ''Mahābhāskarīya'' ("Great Book of Bhāskara") and the ''Laghubhāskarīya'' ("Small Book of Bhāskara"). On 7 June 1979, the Indian Space Research Organisation launched the Bhāskara I satellite, named in honour of the mathematician. Biography Little is known about Bhāskara's life, except for what can be deduced from his writings. He was born in India in the 7th century, and wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |