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Mahāvīra or Mahāvīracharya was a 9th-century Jain mathematician born in Mysore, in Southern India. He was born in the year 815 AD<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mahāvīra|url=https://vedicmathschool.org/mahavira/}}</ref>. ''Gaṇitasārasan̄graha'' was authored by Mahāvīra. He was in the royal court of king | Mahāvīra or Mahāvīracharya was a 9th-century Jain mathematician born in Mysore, in Southern India. He was born in the year 815 AD<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mahāvīra|url=https://vedicmathschool.org/mahavira/}}</ref>. ''Gaṇitasārasan̄graha'' was authored by Mahāvīra. He was in the royal court of king Amoghavarṣa of Rāṣṭrakūṭa dynasty. | ||
''Gaṇitasārasan̄graha'' has the following chapters<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gaṇitasārasan̄graha|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganita_sar_sangrah}}</ref> | ''Gaṇitasārasan̄graha'' has the following chapters<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gaṇitasārasan̄graha|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganita_sar_sangrah}}</ref> | ||
Revision as of 12:39, 12 October 2022
Mahāvīra or Mahāvīracharya was a 9th-century Jain mathematician born in Mysore, in Southern India. He was born in the year 815 AD[1]. Gaṇitasārasan̄graha was authored by Mahāvīra. He was in the royal court of king Amoghavarṣa of Rāṣṭrakūṭa dynasty.
Gaṇitasārasan̄graha has the following chapters[2]
- Sangyaādhikāra (Terminology)
- Parikarmavyāvhār (Arithmetical operations)
- Kālaswarnavyavhār (Fractions)
- Prakīrñakvyavhār (Miscellaneous problems)
- Trairāshik (Rule of three)
- Miśravyavhār (Mixed problems)
- Kśetragaṇit vyavhār (Measurement of Areas)
- Khātvyavhār (calculations regarding excavations)
- Chāyāvyavhār (Calculations relating to shadows)
- Mahaviracharya has praised mathematics in Gaṇitasārasan̄graha
- लौकिके वैदिके वापि तथा सामयिकेऽपि यः।
- व्यापारस्तत्र सर्वत्र संख्यानमुपयुज्यते॥
- Meaning : Where there is business in worldly, Vedic and contemporary, only numbers are used everywhere.
