Mahaviracharya
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Mahaviracharya was a prominent Jain mathematician and scholar of medieval India, best known for his influential treatise Ganitasarasangraha.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mahaviracharya canonical | 1 |
| Mahāvīra | 1 |
| Mahāvīra Ācārya | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11112080 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mahaviracharya Context triple: [Rashtrakuta court, patronOfPoet, Mahaviracharya]
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A.
Mahavira
Mahavira was the 24th and last Tirthankara of Jainism, revered as a great spiritual teacher who revitalized and systematized the Jain religious tradition.
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B.
Adishvara
Adishvara is an epithet of Rishabhanatha, revered in Jainism as the first Tirthankara and primordial spiritual teacher of the current time cycle.
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C.
Anandatirtha
Anandatirtha is another name for Madhvacharya, the 13th-century Indian philosopher and theologian who founded the Dvaita (dualist) school of Vedanta.
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D.
Parshvanatha
Parshvanatha is the 23rd Tirthankara in Jainism, revered as a major spiritual teacher and ascetic whose teachings significantly shaped the Jain religious tradition.
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E.
Nagarjuna
Nagarjuna was an influential Indian Buddhist philosopher, traditionally regarded as the founder of the Madhyamaka (Middle Way) school of Mahayana Buddhism.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mahaviracharya Target entity description: Mahaviracharya was a prominent Jain mathematician and scholar of medieval India, best known for his influential treatise Ganitasarasangraha.
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A.
Mahavira
Mahavira was the 24th and last Tirthankara of Jainism, revered as a great spiritual teacher who revitalized and systematized the Jain religious tradition.
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B.
Adishvara
Adishvara is an epithet of Rishabhanatha, revered in Jainism as the first Tirthankara and primordial spiritual teacher of the current time cycle.
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C.
Anandatirtha
Anandatirtha is another name for Madhvacharya, the 13th-century Indian philosopher and theologian who founded the Dvaita (dualist) school of Vedanta.
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D.
Parshvanatha
Parshvanatha is the 23rd Tirthankara in Jainism, revered as a major spiritual teacher and ascetic whose teachings significantly shaped the Jain religious tradition.
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E.
Nagarjuna
Nagarjuna was an influential Indian Buddhist philosopher, traditionally regarded as the founder of the Madhyamaka (Middle Way) school of Mahayana Buddhism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indian mathematician
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Jain scholar ⓘ mathematician ⓘ person ⓘ |
| approximationUsed | approximation to π ⓘ |
| authorOf | Ganitasarasangraha ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | India ⓘ |
| describedAs |
author of Ganitasarasangraha
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prominent Jain mathematician of medieval India ⓘ |
| era | medieval India ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Indian ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Jain philosophy
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mathematics ⓘ |
| genre | mathematical treatise ⓘ |
| hasPartInWork |
combinatorics
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geometry of plane figures ⓘ geometry of solids ⓘ indeterminate equations ⓘ mensuration ⓘ permutations and combinations ⓘ rules for arithmetic operations ⓘ rules for zero ⓘ series and progressions ⓘ treatment of fractions ⓘ |
| inAcademicDiscipline | history of mathematics ⓘ |
| influenced | later Indian mathematicians ⓘ |
| influencedBy | earlier Indian mathematicians ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Ganitasarasangraha
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contributions to algebra ⓘ contributions to arithmetic ⓘ contributions to geometry ⓘ systematization of earlier Indian mathematics ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| mainWorkSubject |
algebraic methods
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commercial arithmetic ⓘ geometry and mensuration ⓘ practical computation ⓘ |
| movement | Jainism ⓘ |
| notableWork | Ganitasarasangraha ⓘ |
| occupation |
mathematician
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scholar ⓘ |
| placeInHistory | important figure in medieval Indian mathematics ⓘ |
| religion | Jainism ⓘ |
| religiousOrder |
Jain tradition
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linked to:
Jainism
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| tradition | Indian mathematical tradition ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mahaviracharya Description of subject: Mahaviracharya was a prominent Jain mathematician and scholar of medieval India, best known for his influential treatise Ganitasarasangraha.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mahaviracharya
linked to: Mahaviracharya