Baudhayana
Sign in to saveBaudhayana (Sanskrit: बौधायन, Romanised: Baudhāyana) was an ancient Indian mathematician and Vedic sage, believed to have lived around the 8th-7th century BCE. He contributed to early Indian mathematics and geometry, primarily through his authorship of the Baudhayana Sutras. His birth anniversary is known as Baudhayana Jayanti or Bodhayan Jayanti or Bodhayan Janmotsav in the Mithila region.
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- The pitṛmedhasutras
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- The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava
- Bhagavadajjukiyam
- The Bodhâyana-dharma-sûtra
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- Baudhayana
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- बौधायन
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- Bodhayan
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- Upvarsha
- Person.birth_place
- Swami Bodhayan Mandir, Bangaon Village, Bajpatti block, Sitamarhi district, Mithila region, Bihar
- Person.monuments
- Swami Bodhayan Mandir, Sitamarhi district
- Person.alma_mater
- Sanskrit and Vedic learning in Mithila
- Person.occupation
- Vedic Acharya and mathematician
- Person.era
- 7th-8th century BCE
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- Baudhayana Sutra
- Person.mother
- Charumati
- Person.father
- Shankardutt
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- Cultural
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- Baudhayana Jayanti
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- Bodhayan Janmotsav
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- Bodhayan Jayanti
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- Hinduism
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Baudhayana (Sanskrit: बौधायन, Romanised: Baudhāyana) was an ancient Indian mathematician and Vedic sage, believed to have lived around the 8th-7th century BCE. He contributed to early Indian mathematics and geometry, primarily through his authorship of the Baudhayana Sutras. His birth anniversary is known as Baudhayana Jayanti or Bodhayan Jayanti or Bodhayan Janmotsav in the Mithila region.
== Description == Baudhayana was a revered philosopher as well as a great Indian mathematician during 700 BC. He was the author of several ancient texts composed in the ancient Indian subcontinent. He composed more than two hundred texts. He gave many important theories of mathematics.
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