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Vaṭeśvara Quotes

b. 880 India

Vaṭeśvara (born c. 880) was a tenth-century Indian mathematician from Kashmir.

India
Mathematicians

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Just as a house lizard runs about on the surface of a pitcher lying in open space, so do the human beings move about comfortably all around the Earth.

Just as an iron ball surrounded by pieces of magnet does not fall though standing (supportless) in the sky, in the same way this (globe of the) Earth though supportless does not fall as it is prevented by (the attraction of) the stars and planets.

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