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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.

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  • The pitṛmedhasutras
  • [Bhagavadjjuka
  • The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava
  • Bhagavadajjukiyam
  • The Bodhâyana-dharma-sûtra

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  1. Bijdrage tot de kennis van het Hindoesche doodenritueel. Tweede en derde hoofdstuk van het Baudhayanapitrmedhasutra

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Key facts

Person.name
Baudhayana
Person.native_name
बौधायन
Person.native_name_lang
Sa
Person.other_names
Bodhayan
Person.birth_name
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
Person.known_for
Baudhayana Sutra
Person.mother
Charumati
Person.father
Shankardutt
Holiday.type
Cultural
Holiday.holiday_name
Baudhayana Jayanti
Holiday.official_name
Bodhayan Janmotsav
Holiday.nickname
Bodhayan Jayanti
Holiday.observedby
Hinduism

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  • Baudhayana Jayanti
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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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