Bhaskara I

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Bhaskara I was a 7th-century Indian mathematician and astronomer known for his work on number systems, algebra, and an accurate approximation of the sine function.

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Bhaskara I canonical 5
Bhaskara II 3
Bhaskara 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian astronomer ⓘ
Indian mathematician ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
person ⓘ
approximationDomain trigonometric computation in astronomy ⓘ
approximationOf sine function ⓘ
approximationType rational approximation of sine ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 7th century ⓘ
commentaryOn Aryabhatiya ⓘ
contributedTo Indian astronomical computation ⓘ
development of trigonometric tables ⓘ
methods in algebra ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship India ⓘ
differentFrom Bhaskara II ⓘ
linked to: Bhāskara II
era classical Indian mathematics ⓘ
ethnicGroup Indian ⓘ
fieldOfWork algebra ⓘ
astronomy ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
number systems ⓘ
trigonometry ⓘ
hasNameInSanskrit Bhāskara ⓘ
linked to: Bhaskara I
historicalCulture classical Hindu scholarship ⓘ
influenced later Indian astronomers ⓘ
later Indian mathematicians ⓘ
influencedBy Aryabhata ⓘ
languageOfWork Sanskrit ⓘ
notableFor approximation of the sine function ⓘ
commentaries on Aryabhata's works ⓘ
occupation astronomer ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
ordinalNumber I ⓘ
regionOfActivity Indian subcontinent ⓘ
religiousContext Hinduism ⓘ
studied calendar calculations ⓘ
eclipses ⓘ
planetary motions ⓘ
timePeriod circa 600–680 CE ⓘ
tradition Indian astronomical school ⓘ
used geocentric astronomical models ⓘ
usedNumberSystem place-value decimal system ⓘ
wrote Aryabhatiyabhashya ⓘ
linked to: Aryabhatiya

Laghubhaskariya ⓘ
Mahabhaskariya ⓘ

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

Ancient India → mathematician → Bhaskara I ⓘ
subject linked to: ancient India
Surya → alsoKnownAs → Bhaskara ⓘ
subject linked to: Surya (sun) in Hinduism
linked to: Bhaskara I
Aryabhata → influenced → Bhaskara I ⓘ
IRS-1A → precededBy → Bhaskara-II ⓘ
linked to: Bhaskara I
Indian mathematics → hasNotablePerson → Bhaskara II ⓘ
linked to: Bhaskara I
Surya Siddhanta → influenced → Bhaskara I ⓘ
Surya Siddhanta → influenced → Bhaskara II ⓘ
linked to: Bhaskara I
Siddhanta Shiromani → author → Bhaskara II ⓘ
linked to: Bhaskara I
Bhaskara I → hasNameInSanskrit → Bhāskara ⓘ
linked to: Bhaskara I
Aryabhatiya → commentedOnBy → Bhaskara I ⓘ
Gupta and post-Gupta scientific culture → hasNotableScholar → Bhāskara I ⓘ
linked to: Bhaskara I