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Mahāvīra (or Mahaviracharya, "Mahavira the Teacher") was a 9th-century Indian Jain mathematician possibly born in Mysore, in India. He authored Gaṇita-sāra-saṅgraha (Ganita Sara Sangraha) or the Compendium on the gist of Mathematics in 850 CE. He was patronised by the Rashtrakuta emperor Amoghavarsha.
Mahavira (flourished c. 850, Karnataka, India) was an Indian mathematician who made significant contributions to the development of algebra.
Jun 26, 2020 · Mahavira or Mahaviracharya was a 9 th century (about 800-870 CE) Jain mathematician, who made significant contributions to the development of Algebra, born in the present-day city of Gulbarga, Karnataka, in southern India. He perhaps took his name to honour the great Jainism reformer Mahavira.
Mahāvīra was an Indian mathematician who extended the mathematics of Brahmagupta. Biography. Mahavira (or Mahaviracharya meaning Mahavira the Teacher) was of the Jaina religion and was familiar with Jaina mathematics. He worked in Mysore in southern Indian where he was a member of a school of mathematics.
Jan 21, 2021 · Mahāvīra or Mahaviracharya was a 9th-century Jain mathematician born near to Mysore, in southern India. He was born in the year 815 AD. He was one of the first few mathematicians in India who...
Mahāvīra (or Mahaviracharya, "Mahavira the Teacher") was a 9th-century Indian Jain mathematician possibly born in Mysore, in India. He authored Gaṇita-sāra-saṅgraha ( Ganita Sara Sangraha) or the Compendium on the gist of Mathematics in 850 CE. He was patronised by the Rashtrakuta emperor Amoghavarsha.
His earliest iconography is from archaeological sites in the North Indian city of Mathura, and is dated from between the 1st century BCE and the 2nd century CE. His birth is celebrated as Mahavir Janma Kalyanak and his nirvana (salvation) and also his first shishya of Gautama Swami is observed by Jains as Diwali .
Mahavira (or Mahaviracharya), a Jain by religion, is the most celebrated Indian mathematician of the 9th century. His major work Ganitasar Sangraha was written around 850 AD and is considered 'brilliant'. It was widely known in the South of India and written in Sanskrit due to his Jaina 'faith'.
Mahavira (flourished c. 850, Karnataka, India) was an Indian mathematician who made significant contributions to the development of algebra.
Jan 1, 2020 · Mahāvīra (or Mahaviracharya; "Mahavira the Teacher") was a 9th-century Jain mathematician from Bihar; India. He was the author of Gaṇitasārasan̄graha (or Ganita Sara Samgraha; c. 850); which...
