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C. N. S. Iyengar (- died 1972) was an Indian professor of mathematics and the founder head of the department of mathematics, Karnatak University, Dharwar. [1] The department was started in the year 1956 under the leadership of Iyengar. Iyengar received a D.Sc. (c.c) from Calcutta University, Calcutta.
Mahāvīra (or Mahaviracharya, "Mahavira the Teacher") was a 9th-century Indian Jain mathematician possibly born in Mysore, in India. [1] [2] [3] He authored Gaṇita-sāra-saṅgraha (Ganita Sara Sangraha) or the Compendium on the gist of Mathematics in 850 CE. [4] He was patronised by the Rashtrakuta emperor Amoghavarsha. [4]
In 1987, the Government of India awarded Iyengar the civilian honour of Padma Shri. [4] She received the Best Teacher award from the Government of Andhra Pradesh and was a fellow of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation. [6] She died in 2001, survived by her husband, Mohit Sen, a known communist intellectual, who also died two years later. [9]
It is first text completely written on mathematics with questions asked in it being completely different from one asked in previous texts composed in Indian subcontinent. In the 9th century, during Amoghavarsha 's rule [ 1 ] Mahaviracharya wrote Ganitsara sangraha which is the first textbook on arithmetic in present day. [ 2 ]
Lokbindusā Purva: Three parts of universe including heavens and hells, mathematics, etc. The contents of the Purvas was so vast, that the tradition holds that, the first one is written by the volume of the ink that is equivalent to the size of one elephant. Second one is two times larger, and third one is two times larger than second one and ...
English translation by Nalini Balbir Dravyasaṃgraha has played an important role in Jain education and is often memorized because of its comprehensiveness and brevity. [ 1 ] The composition of Dravyasaṃgraha is influenced from the earlier Jain works such as Umāsvāti's Tattvārthasūtra and Kundakunda 's Pañcāstikāyasara because these ...
Indian mathematics emerged and developed in the Indian subcontinent [1] from about 1200 BCE [2] until roughly the end of the 18th century CE (approximately 1800 CE). In the classical period of Indian mathematics (400 CE to 1200 CE), important contributions were made by scholars like Aryabhata, Brahmagupta, Bhaskara II, Varāhamihira, and Madhava.
The Vyākhyāprajñapti is said to have been composed by Sudharmaswami by the Śvētāmbara school of Jainism; it is written in Jain Prakrit. It is the largest text of the canon, said to contain 36,000 questions answered by Mahavira.