The Two Bhaskaras
Vol. 6 · No. 4December - 1930pp. 727–736English
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“It is well-known that there was one ancient Hindu astronomer and mathematician of the name of Bhiskara, who waa the eelebrated author of Zuavafl, Blaganita and Siddhinta-éiromand.”
“I have secured from the Government Oriental Manuscripts Library, Madras, copies of two astronomical treatises, called A ahz-Bhaskariya and Laghu-Bhiskaripa.”
“Thus it 15 clear from the aunthor’s own admissions that both those works are by & writer of the name of Bhtdskara”
Works cited in this article
- Colebrooke, Algebra with Arithmatic and Mensuration from Sanscrit of Brakmagupla and Bhascara, London, 1817, Introduction p. 2
- Bhau Daji, “Brief Notes on the Age and Authenticity of the works of Aryabhata etc,” Jowrn. Roy, Asiat, 5૦८. 1865, pp. 392ff
- 5. Kuppuswami Sastri, A Descriptive Catalogwe of Sanskeit Manuscripts in the Governmnent Otiental Manuscripts Liberary, Madras, vol. xxiv, Madras, 1918
- Maksibhatta’s (1377) commentary on the Siddhanta-bekhara of 510481 (1૦30)
- S@ryadeva Yajvan’s commen-tary on the Aryadhatiya
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People
- Bhaskara 17
- Aryabhata 9
- Brahmagupta 15
- Colebrooke 13
- Prthudakasvamin
- Bhau Daji 4
- Prince Bijjala
- Bapu Deva Sastrl
- Kuppuswami Sastri
- Dr. P.C. Bagchi 10
- Jitendra Nath Banerjea 5
- Mahe&vara
Places
- Vijjala-bida
- Ujjayini 19
- Sahya 3
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1–24Hatthavanagalla Vihara‑Vamsa598–614Manimekhalā, a Divinity of the SeaSylvain Levi614–628On some points relating to the Maurya Administrative SystemSuniti Kumar Chatterji629–638Yuddhakāṅḍa Campu of Rājacūḍāmaṇi DīkṣitaT. R. Chintamani639–644Some Difficult Vedic WordsVishwanath Kashinath Rajwade645–664Naval Warfare in Ancient IndiaPrithwis Chandra Chakravarti665–678Origin of BuddhismManoranjan Roy678–700The Riddle of the Pradyota DynastyJyotirmoy Sen701–717Vidyaranya and MadhavacaryaR. Rama Rao717–727The "Webbed Fingers" of BuddhaJitendra Nath Banerjee727–736The Two BhaskarasBibhutibhusan DattaCurrent article737–746Cultivation in Ancient IndiaR. Ganguli747–756The Chronology of the Western Kṣatrapas and the AndhrasHari Charan Ghosh757–772Buddhist Studies with Special Reference to TibetanVidhushekhara Bhattacharya773–775Archaeological Progress in KeralaC. S. Srinivasachari775–778Imprecatory Verses in Copper‑Plate GrantsChintaharan Chakravarti779–779A Note on Kicakavadha (reply)Chintaharan Chakravarti780–781The Sixth All‑India Oriental Conference782–794ReviewsHariprasad G. Shastri, Niharranjan Roy, Kshitish Chandra Chatterjee795–800Select Contents of Oriental Journals
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