Bijaganita
Sign in to saveBijaganita (IAST: '') was treatise on algebra by the Indian mathematician Bhāskara II. It is the second volume of his main work Siddhānta Shiromani ("Crown of treatises") alongside Lilāvati, Grahaganita and Golādhyāya''.
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- Author
- Bhāskarācārya
- First published
- 1930
- Editions
- 2
- Subjects
- Algebra, Early works to 1800, Hindu Mathematics
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Bijaganita (IAST: '') was treatise on algebra by the Indian mathematician Bhāskara II. It is the second volume of his main work Siddhānta Shiromani ("Crown of treatises") alongside Lilāvati, Grahaganita and Golādhyāya''.
== Meaning == The title of the work, , which literally translates to "mathematics () using seeds ()", is one of the two main branches of mediaeval Indian mathematics, the other being , or "mathematics using algorithms". derives its name from the fact that "it employs algebraic equations () which are compared to seeds () of plants since they have the potentiality to generate solutions to mathematical problems."
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