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VOl. 13 No. 4

BUDDHIST AND JAIN MATHEMATICS ABLE ARYABHATA

lord buddha was renowned for his prowess over the The development in mathematics
numbers. buddhist philosophy claims that all things was at its peak during the
arise out of emptiness (sanskrit: sunyata or shunyata). gupta period. The indians are
The buddhist text surya Prajinapti talks about five credited with the invention of
kinds of infinity: elementary algebra. india saw
the advancement in the field of
• an infinite line trigonometry, algorithm, algebra
beginning from an and geometry. it reached its
endpoint, zenith with aryabhata’s
• an infinite line going immense contribution in
both directions, the field of mathematics
• an infinite plane, and astronomy in the Illustration by: Deep Roy Chowdhury, IX-A,
Sunbeam Suncity, Varanasi
5th century Ce. The book
• an infinite universe,
aryabhatiya has given a
• the infinity of time. structure of calculations
for arriving at an answer:
according to Jain
cosmography, the • Rule – inverse by
universe is a flat plane with concentric annular regions aryabhata
surrounding an innermost circular area with a diameter • Elucidation of rule
of 100000 yojanas known as the Jambudvipa (or the • Setting of the
island of Jambu). The study of geometry of circles also numerical data
played a great role. Mahavira was one of the famous • Working of the
Jain mathematicians in india. he wrote ganita sara- solution
sangraha in 850 Ce. • Verification of the
answer

Varshini. T, IX-B, Alpha English Higher Secondary School, Puducherry
A small circle found in Chaturbhuja Temple
(875 CE) in Gwalior is considered to be the DID YOU KNOW?
earliest evidence of use of Zero. Lilavati, written by Bhaskara, literally meaning ‘playful’
Dhruv Agrawal, IX-E, Gwalior Glory High School, Gwalior represents mathematics in a playful way wherein several
verses are addressed to a beautiful woman and examples are
given in reference to animals, trees and ornaments. According
kERALA SCHOOL to a legend, the book was named after Bhaskara's daughter
Lilavati, whose
Coming to the medieval marriage got
period, the Kerala annulled due
School became to a freak
accident with
prominent during the a water clock
14 century Ce. it was a called Ghati
th
small group of scholars Yantra. Bhaskara II ,12th century, Leaflet from text Lilavati
and mathematicians
who invented the
‘infinite series’ around ACTIVITY: FAVOURITE FORMULA
1350 Ce. it was one
of the basic ingredients of Calculus. some of the write your favourite mathematical formula or a
noted mathematical geniuses were Madhava and discovery by an indian mathematician.
Nilkantha.

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