Bhaskara – 1 and his Astronomy
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TextPublication details: Tirupati Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha Dec 2003Description: VIII,100 PpDDC classification: - 520.954 R1801 B 301476
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This monograph is mainly addressed to the student community and general readers. The book provides an introduction to the great Indian mathematician and astronomer, Bhaskara-I (628 A.D.) Bhaskara's significant contributions to Mathematics and Astronomy are highlighted through excerpts and illustrations from his three famous works, Maha- Bhaskariyam, Aryabhatiya Bhasya and Laghu-Bahskariyam. The book has the following features - (i) original Sanskrit shloka is given for most of the important results. (ii) mathematical explanations, comments, rationales and examples, intelligible to the present day students, (iii) historical introduction at the beginning, provides a brief survey of the major texts in astronomy from the Vedanga Jyotisha of Kerela origin, (iv) a glossary of technical terms and (v) references at the end.
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