Mahāvīra

Mahāvīra or Mahāvīracharya was a 9th-century Jain mathematician born in Mysore, in Southern India. He was born in the year 815 AD. Gaṇitasārasan̄graha was authored by Mahāvīra. He was in the royal court of king Amoghavarṣa of Rāṣṭrakūṭa dynasty.

Gaṇitasārasan̄graha has the following chapters

1. Sangyaādhikāra (Terminology)
2. Parikarmavyāvhār (Arithmetical operations)
3. Kālaswarnavyavhār (Fractions)
4. Prakīrñakvyavhār (Miscellaneous problems)
5. Trairāshik (Rule of three)
6. Miśravyavhār (Mixed problems)
7. Kśetragaṇit vyavhār (Measurement of Areas)
8. Khātvyavhār (calculations regarding excavations)
9. 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.

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