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Pingala was an Indian mathematician, linguist, academic, and writer. He was male and lived from 150 BCE until 67. His work is described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
He is also known by the author name Piṅgala. He has seven works attributed to him. Notable titles include 中觀論疏, 中論科判, Piṅgalācāryaviracitaṃ Piṅgalacchandaḥsūtram, 中論, Prákrita-paiṅgalam, and Chhandas Shâstra of Shrî Piñgalâchârya.
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Vinony's link graph records 168 inbound references to Pingala, and connects out to binary numeral system, Sanskrit and Fibonacci sequence.
It sits within the topics 2nd-century BC mathematicians, Ancient Indian mathematicians and Ancient Sanskrit grammarians.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 7
Top works
- 中觀論疏 ; 中論科判
- Piṅgalācāryaviracitaṃ Piṅgalacchandaḥsūtram
- 中論
- Prákrita-paiṅgalam
- Chhandas Shâstra of Shrî Piñgalâchârya
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Key facts
- Scholar.name
- Pingala
- Scholar.birth_date
- c. 3rd or 2nd century BCE
- Scholar.era
- Maurya or post-Maurya
- Scholar.main_interests
- Sanskrit prosody, Indian mathematics, Sanskrit grammar
- Scholar.notable_ideas
- Mātrāmeru, Binary numeral system.
- Scholar.major_works
- Author of the "''" (also called Pingala Sutras''), the earliest known treatise on Sanskrit prosody, Creator of Pingala's formula.
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Wikidata facts
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- date of birth
- 0150-01-01
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- date of death
- 0067-00-00
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