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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 ]
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]
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.
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. The subject matter of the answers ranges from doctrine to rules of ascetic behaviour.
Siddhasena's main contribution in the Sanmatitarka is his analysis of the Jaina theory of Anekantavada. [20] According to Jeffery Long, Siddhasena divides the seven classical Jain nayas (standpoints, viewpoints) into two categories: "those which affirm the substantiality of existence (dravyāstikanayas) [21] and those which affirm the impermanent, changing aspects of existence ...
The Ṣaṭkhaṇḍāgama (Prakrit: "Scripture in Six Parts") is the foremost and oldest Digambara Jain sacred text. [1] According to Digambara tradition, the original teachings of lord Mahavira were passed on orally from Ganadhar, the chief disciple of Mahavira to his disciples and so on as they had the capability of listening and remembering it for always.
The Ācārāṅga Sūtra, the foremost and oldest Jain text (First book c. 5th–4th century BCE; Second book c. Late 4th–2nd century BCE), [1] is the first of the twelve Angas, part of the agamas which were compiled based on the teachings of 24th Tirthankara Mahavira.