Aryabhata

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Aryabhata was an ancient Indian mathematician and astronomer renowned for pioneering work in arithmetic, algebra, trigonometry, and astronomical calculations, including an early approximation of π and insights into the Earth's rotation.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Aryabhata canonical 12
Āryabhaṭa 2
Aryabhata (mathematician) 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian astronomer ⓘ
Indian mathematician ⓘ
ancient Indian scientist ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
activeInCentury 5th–6th century CE ⓘ
approximationOfPi 3.1416 (approximate) ⓘ
authorOf Aryabhatiya ⓘ
birthPlace Indian subcontinent ⓘ
linked to: South Asia
contribution approximate value for the length of the sidereal year ⓘ
methods for extracting square and cube roots ⓘ
methods for solving linear equations ⓘ
rules for arithmetic progressions ⓘ
systematic use of sine (jya) in trigonometry ⓘ
table of sines ⓘ
era classical age of Indian mathematics and astronomy ⓘ
field algebra ⓘ
arithmetic ⓘ
astronomy ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
trigonometry ⓘ
honoredBy Government of India ⓘ
influenced Bhaskara I ⓘ
Brahmagupta ⓘ
Islamic Golden Age astronomers ⓘ
linked to: Islamic Golden Age

later Indian mathematicians ⓘ
medieval European astronomy ⓘ
knownFor Aryabhatiya ⓘ
astronomical calculations ⓘ
calculation of length of the year ⓘ
calculations of solar and lunar eclipses ⓘ
early approximation of pi ⓘ
insight into Earth’s rotation ⓘ
trigonometric tables ⓘ
work on place-value system ⓘ
legacy namesake of India’s first satellite Aryabhata ⓘ
majorWorkSection Ganita (mathematics) section of Aryabhatiya ⓘ
linked to: Indian mathematics

Gitika (definitions and basic parameters) section of Aryabhatiya ⓘ
Gola (spherical astronomy) section of Aryabhatiya ⓘ
Kala-kriya (time calculations) section of Aryabhatiya ⓘ
name Aryabhata ⓘ
nationality Indian ⓘ
viewOnCosmos apparent daily motion of stars is due to Earth’s rotation ⓘ
viewOnEarth Earth rotates on its axis ⓘ
viewOnEclipses eclipses are caused by the shadows of Earth and Moon ⓘ
workLanguage Sanskrit ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gupta Empire → notableScholar → Aryabhata ⓘ
Ancient India → mathematician → Aryabhata ⓘ
subject linked to: ancient India
Aryabhata → name → Aryabhata ⓘ
Surya Siddhanta → influenced → Aryabhata ⓘ
Brahmagupta → influencedBy → Āryabhaṭa ⓘ
linked to: Aryabhata
Bhaskara I → influencedBy → Aryabhata ⓘ
Aryabhatiya → author → Aryabhata ⓘ
Gitika (section of Aryabhatiya) → author → Aryabhata ⓘ
Gupta and post-Gupta scientific culture → hasNotableScholar → Āryabhaṭa ⓘ
linked to: Aryabhata
Aryabhata → namedAfter → Aryabhata (mathematician) ⓘ
subject linked to: Aryabhata satellite
linked to: Aryabhata