Bhāskara I

Bhāskara I (Not the author of Līlāvatī) was a famous astronomer during 7th Century CE. Bhāskara I belong to Aśmaka country. The earliest commentary on Āryabhatīya is found in Āryabhaṭīya-bhāṣya of Bhāskara I. Bhāṣya in Samskrit means ‘a commentary’. The other contributions of Bhāskara I was on Mahābhāskarīya and Laghubhāskarīya on the astronomy.

Mahābhāskarīya deals with the following topics.


 * Mean positions of the planets
 * True positions and true velocities of the planets and their applications
 * Directions, time and place
 * Computation and graphical representation of the eclipses
 * Conjunction of a planet with a star

The language of Mahābhāskarīya is simple and is meant to be easily understandable.

Mahābhāskarīya is the only available work on Hindu Astronomy which explains the motion of the planets with the help of the epicyclic theory and eccentric theory.