{"id":797,"date":"2020-03-11T19:05:24","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T13:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-global-press.pantheonsite.io\/?p=797"},"modified":"2020-03-11T19:05:24","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T13:35:24","slug":"the-great-indian-mathematician-astronomer-of-the-classical-age-aryabhata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=797","title":{"rendered":"The great Indian Mathematician-astronomer of the classical age: Aryabhata"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-text-color has-background has-drop-cap has-very-dark-gray-color\">If you ever wondered what makes \u0100ryabha\u1e6da so great, here is a sampling from \u0100ryabha\u1e6d\u012bya (499 CE) written by the maestro while he was 25. Ga\u1e47itap\u0101da chapter with just 33 terse verses will make you wonder why aren&#8217;t all Indians studying works of this genius, <a href=\"https:\/\/threadreaderapp.com\/thread\/1236636361525841921.html\">Indic-science<\/a>s reports.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Aryabhata was the first major&nbsp;mathematician and astronomer&nbsp;from the classical age of&nbsp;Indian mathematics&nbsp;and&nbsp;Indian astronomy. His works include the&nbsp;<em><strong>\u0100ryab<\/strong><\/em><strong><em>ha\u1e6d\u012bya<\/em>&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<em><strong>Arya-siddhanta<\/strong><\/em>. Aryabhata was born in 476 CE. He was 23 when he wrote Aryabhatiya. <\/p>\n\n\n<p> His contribution to mathematics include: <\/p>\n\n\n<p>1. <a href=\"https:\/\/threadreaderapp.com\/thread\/1236636361525841921.html\">Sa\u1e43khy\u0101sth\u0101na<\/a>: (Place value system) 2.Vargaparikarma, ghanaparikarma: (Squaring and cubing) 3.Vargam\u016bl\u0101nayana: (Obtaining the square-root) 4.Ghanam\u016bl\u0101nayana: (Obtaining the cube-root)&nbsp;5.Area of a triangle 6.Volume of an equilateral tetrahedron 7.Obtaining the area of a circle 8.Volume of a sphere. 9.Obtaining the area of a trapezium. 10.Chord of a sixth of the circumference. 11.Approximate value of the circumference showing \u03c0 \u2248 3.1416 <\/p>\n\n\n<p> 12.<a href=\"https:\/\/threadreaderapp.com\/thread\/1236636361525841921.html\">Jy\u0101nayana:<\/a> Computing R Sines 13. Ch\u0101y\u0101-karma: Obtaining shadows of gnomons 14.Kar\u1e47\u0101nayana: Square of hypotenuse is sum of squares of sides 15.\u015aar\u0101nayana: Arrows of intercepted arcs 16. \u015are\u1e0dh\u0131\u0304-ga\u1e47ita: Summing Arithmetic Progression, count of terms &amp; repeated summations&nbsp;17.&nbsp;Varga-ghana-sa\u1e45kalan\u0101nayana: Obtaining sum of squares and cubes of natural numbers. 18.M\u016blaphal\u0101nayana: Interest and principal 19.Trair\u0101\u015bika: Rule of three 20.Bhinna-parikarma: Arithmetic of fractions. 21. Pratiloma-kara\u1e47a: Inverse processes&nbsp;22.&nbsp;Samakara\u1e47a-udde\u015baka-pradar\u015bana: Linear equation with one unknown 23. Yogak\u0101l\u0101nayana: Meeting time of two bodies 24. Ku\u1e6d\u1e6d\u0101k\u0101ra-ga\u1e47ita: Solution of linear indeterminate equation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Similarly his contributions to science include motion of the solar system, eclipses, sidereal periods, Heliocentrism. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>This clearly shows that by the time of \u0100ryabha\u1e6diya Indian mathematicians had systematized most procedures of arithmetic, algebra, geometry and trigonometry that are generally taught in schools today &amp; many more advanced concepts of importance in astronomy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you ever wondered what makes \u0100ryabha\u1e6da so great, here is a sampling from \u0100ryabha\u1e6d\u012bya (499 CE) written by the maestro while he was 25. Ga\u1e47itap\u0101da chapter with just 33 terse verses will make you wonder why aren&#8217;t all Indians studying works of this genius, Indic-sciences reports. 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