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Bhāskara II Quotes

1114–1185 India

Bhāskara II (1114–1185), also known as Bhāskarāchārya was an Indian polymath, mathematician, and astronomer.

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The earth attracts inert bodies in space towards itself. The attracted body appears to fall down on the earth. Since the space is homogeneous, where will the earth fall?

A person has 300 rupees and 6 horses; and another person has 10 horses and 100 rupees debt; and the property of the two is equal; and the price of the horses is the same; what then is the value of each?

The Rsines of any two arcs of a circle are reciprocally multiplied by their Rcosines; the products are then divided by the radius; the sum of the quotients is equal to the Rsine of the sum of the two arcs, and their difference is the Rsine of the difference of the arcs.

Bhaskara II (1150)

There is no change in infinite (khahara) figure if something is added to or subtracted from it. It is like: there is no change in the infinite Lord Vishnu due to the dissolution or creation of abounding living beings.

From a bunch of lotuses, one third is offered to Lord Shiva, one fifth to Lord Vishnu, one sixth to the sun, one fourth to the goddess. The remaining six are offered to the Guru. Find quickly the number of lotuses in the bunch.

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