![LET’SKNOWSOMEINFOABOUTBHASKARACHARYA
Baskara is also known as Bhaskara [or]
Bhaskaracharya , this later name means
“Baskara the teacher”. Baskara was an Indian
mathematician and astronomer who extended
Brahmagupta ‘s work on number system He was
born near Bijjada biddha [in present day day
called Bijapur district Karnataka state ] into the
Brahmin family , his father Maheshvara was the
person who taught him about astronomy as he
was an Ujjain the leading mathematical center of ancient
India](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/bhaskaracharya1-200926070916/85/BHASKARACHARYA-4-320.jpg)
![BHASKARACHARYA’S ACHIEVEMENTS
In english , cardinal numbers are only in multiples of
1000, they have terms such as thosands , million , billion
, trillion , quadrillion , ETC….. Most of these have been
added recently.
Baskara’s terms are as follows
eka [1]
dasha [10]
shata [100]
sahasra [1000]
ayuta [10000]
laksha [10000000]
prayutha [1000000 = million ]
koti [10^7]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/bhaskaracharya1-200926070916/85/BHASKARACHARYA-11-320.jpg)
BHASKARACHARYA
- 3. Introduction Hello ! I’m Pushpanvitha from 8th standard . Today I’m speaking about a famous mathematician , “ BHASKARACHARYA”
- 4. LET’SKNOWSOMEINFOABOUTBHASKARACHARYA Baskara is also known as Bhaskara [or] Bhaskaracharya , this later name means “Baskara the teacher”. Baskara was an Indian mathematician and astronomer who extended Brahmagupta ‘s work on number system He was born near Bijjada biddha [in present day day called Bijapur district Karnataka state ] into the Brahmin family , his father Maheshvara was the person who taught him about astronomy as he was an Ujjain the leading mathematical center of ancient India
- 6. BHASKARACHARYA ‘S ACHIEVEMENTS He was most likely the first to use a circle for the Zero for the Hindu Arabic Decimal System . He is Considered to be a follower of aryabhatta and one of the most renowned scholars of the Aryabhatta ‘s astronical school . Bhaskara wrote the Aryabhatiya bhasya which is commentry on Aryabhatta . Baskara commented only on the 33 verses of the Aryabhatiya which is about Mathematics , Astronomy , and discuss the Promblems of the first degree of intermediate Equation and trignometric formula . He has called him “ Ganakchakra chudamani “ whichmeans “ A gem among all caluculaters of Astronomical Phenomena”.
- 7. BHASKARACHARYA’S ACHIEVEMENTS Bhaskaracharya was first discover gravity 500 years before Sir.Issac Newton. He wrote Siddantha siromani in 1150 A.D. when he was 36 years old. It contains 1450 verses. It is divided into four parts
- 8. BHASKARACHARYA’S ACHIEVEMENTS LILAVATHI BEEJAGANITHA GANITHADYAYA GOLADYAYA In fact each part can be considered as separate book. The number of verses in each part are as follows Lilavati has 278 verses, Beejaganita has 213 verses, Ganitadhyaya has 451, Goladhyaya has 501 verses
- 9. BHASKARACHARYA’S ACHIEVEMENTS One of the important charecteristic of Siddhantha siromani is , it consists of simple methods of calculations from arithematic to Astronomy. Essential knowledge of ancient Indian astronomy can be acquired by reading only this book After Bhaskaracharya nobody could write excellent books on mathematics and astronomy in lucid language in India Lilawati is excellent example of how a difficult subject like mathematics can be written in poetic language Lilawati was translated in many languages throught the world
- 10. BHASKARACHARYA’S ACHIEVEMENTS When British empire became paramount in india , they established 3 universities in 1857 , at Bombay , Calcutta and Madras . Till then for about 700 years , mathematics was taught in India from Bhaskaracharya’s Lilawathi ,Beejaganitha , and other textbooks has enjoyed such a long lifespan
- 11. BHASKARACHARYA’S ACHIEVEMENTS In english , cardinal numbers are only in multiples of 1000, they have terms such as thosands , million , billion , trillion , quadrillion , ETC….. Most of these have been added recently. Baskara’s terms are as follows eka [1] dasha [10] shata [100] sahasra [1000] ayuta [10000] laksha [10000000] prayutha [1000000 = million ] koti [10^7]
- 13. WHAT BASKARA TELLS ABOUT HIS EDUCATION “I have studied 8 books of Grammer 6 texts of medicine , 6 books of logic 5 books of mathematics , 4 vedas , 5 books on bharat shastras , and 2 Mimansas “
- 14. CONCLUSION Looking at how much knowledge he acquired in a span of 36 years , it seems impossible for any modern student to achieve that feet in his entire life