- Yativrsabha
Yativrsabha, also known as Jadivasaha, was a mathematician, and he was a Jain. He is believed to have lived during the
6th century , probably during 500-570. He lived and worked between period of two great Indian mathematicians,Aryabhata (476 – 550)andBrahmagupta (598-668). He wrote the book named "Tiloyapannatti" which describescosmology from the point of view of Jain religion and philosophy. "The work also gives various units for measuring distances and time." "Tiloyapannatti" postulated different concepts about infinity.Further reading
*L C Jain and A Jain, Philosopher mathematicians : Yativrsabhacarya, Virasenacarya and Nemicandracarya (
Meerut , 1985).
*L C Jain, Basic mathematics : Exact Sciences from Jaina Sources 1 (New Delhi , 1982).References
* [http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Yativrsabha.html Yativrsabha]
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