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  • {{Short description|16th century Sanskrit treatise on astronomy}} ...into sixteen chapters and covers all the commonly discussed topics in such texts including planetary positions, timekeeping and calendar construction, ecli ...
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  • ...iddhanta (with Vasana, Vijnana and Hindi Commentary) |date=1966 |publisher=Indian Institute of Astronomical and Sanskrit Research |location=Delhi |pages=155– ...rm ''Pātīgaṇita'' is also the title of a work composed by [[Sridhara]], an Indian mathematician who flourished during the 8th-9th century CE.<ref name=Shukla ...
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  • '''Trairāśika''' is the [[Sanskrit]] term used by Indian astronomers and mathematicians of the pre-modern era to denote what is know ...is taken from ''[[Bijaganita|Bījagaṇita]]'', a treatise on algebra by the Indian mathematician [[Bhāskara II]] (c. 1114–1185).<ref name="Colebrooke1">{{cit ...
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  • ...Sangamagrama]] (c. 1340 – c. 1425), the founder of the [[Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics]], that can be used to give a better approximation to the v ==Correction terms as given in Kerala texts== ...
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  • {{Use Indian English|date=April 2023}} ...tronomy]] and [[Indian mathematics|mathematics]] of the [[Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics|Kerala school]]. He was responsible for bringing to light s ...
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  • {{Short description|Ancient Indian alphasyllabic numeral system}} In some astronomical texts popular in Kerala planetary positions were encoded in the Kaṭapayādi system ...
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  • ...of feudal states of Kerala|principality]] on the [[Malabar Coast]] of the Indian subcontinent during the [[Middle Ages]]. It was governed by the Tanur dynas ...ublished. The matter resurfaced in the 1950s, and now we have the Sanskrit texts properly edited, and we understand the clever way that Mādhava derived the ...
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  • * c. 2800 BC&nbsp;– [[Indus Valley Civilisation]] on the [[Indian subcontinent]], earliest use of decimal ratios in a uniform system of [[Anc ...yashi| first1=Takao| year=1995| title=The Bakhshali Manuscript, An ancient Indian mathematical treatise| publisher=Groningen: Egbert Forsten, 596 pages| isbn ...
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  • ...f a circadian or diurnal process in humans is mentioned in Chinese medical texts dated to around the 13th century, including the ''Noon and Midnight Manual' ...–79 AD).<ref name="mcleod yates 152 153"/> Although it is alleged that the Indian ''[[Sushruta Samhita]]'', which describes leprosy,<ref>Aufderheide et al., ...
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  • ...], [[construction]], [[astronomy]], and various crafts. The earliest known texts on geometry are the [[Egyptian mathematics|Egyptian]] [[Rhind Mathematical ...r-link=Frits Staal | title=Greek and Vedic Geometry | journal=Journal of Indian Philosophy | volume=27 | issue=1–2 | year=1999 | pages=105–127 | doi=1 ...
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  • ...nal |doi=10.1086/353360 |last1=King |first1=David A. |year=1983 |title=The Astronomy of the Mamluks |journal=Isis |volume=74 |issue=4 |pages=531–55 |s2cid=14431 {{Main|Greek contributions to the Islamic world|Indian influence on Islamic science|Christian influences on the Islamic world|Chin ...
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  • ...mmad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi]] founded algebra and expanded upon Persian and Indian arithmetic systems. His writings were translated into [[Latin]] by [[Gerard ===Astronomy=== ...
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  • ...ww.nbcnews.com/science/cosmic-log/4-500-year-old-harbor-structures-papyrus-texts-unearthed-egypt-flna1c9356840|newspaper=[[NBC]]|date=15 April 2013}}</ref>< ...porated various limes into their religious temples as well as their homes. Indian traditional structures built with lime mortar, which are more than 4,000 ye ...
    163 KB (23,416 words) - 11:43, 24 February 2025
  • ...ence between the variable's [[maxima and minima|extreme values]]. In older texts the [[phase (waves)|phase]] is sometimes called the amplitude.<ref>{{cite b ...sbn=978-0-465-01992-2 |page=331}}</ref> to commemorate the contribution of Indian physicist and professor of physics at [[University of Calcutta]] and at [[U ...
    279 KB (40,634 words) - 08:09, 28 January 2025