Extractions: Reader Weekly A morsel of tuition conveys knowledge to a comprehensive mind; and having reached it, expands of its own impulse, as oil poured upon water, as a secret entrusted to the vile, as alms bestowed upon the worthy, however little, so does knowledge infused into a wise mind spread by intrinsic force. -Bhaskaracharya's conclusion to the Bijaganita Born in 1114 in Vijayapura, India to a famed astronomer, Bhaskaracharya became arguably his centurys most important mathematician, reaching a level of understanding with regards to number systems and equation solving centuries ahead of his European counterparts. During his lifetime Bhaskaracharya published six works on mathematics, mathematical astronomy and the sphere. The most famous of Bhaskaracharya's six works remains his volume on algebra entitled Bijaganita or, roughly translated, Seed Counting and Root Extraction; or, even more roughly
Hindu Books Universe bhaskaracharya. A very great mathematician and an astronomer of the Kaliyuga´s43rd century (ie 12th century AD) bhaskaracharya was the head of the http://www.hindubooks.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Hncontent&pa=showpage&pid=58
`Why Science Declined In Ancient India' By Dr. K. Jamanadas With perhaps a solitary exception of bhaskaracharya of 12 to 14th century Dr. Gorakh Prasad writes that after bhaskaracharya, it was considered a sin to http://www.dalitstan.org/journal/brahman/bra000/yscdecld.html
Extractions: Why Science declined in Ancient India ? A learned medical specialist from Nagpur, in a recent article in lay press, while describing ancient medical sciences in India, has remarked that fall of science of surgery was because of 'ahimsa' taught by the Buddha. Though the remark was as an orbus dictum, it shows not only his ignorance of Indian history and of Buddhism, but also desire for making false charges on Buddhism due to, may be, his contempt for the Buddhists. The surgery was never considered 'himsa' by the Buddhists, nor for that matter by anybody. Certainly fall of sciences was not because of 'ahimsa' of the Buddha. Modern science is undoubtedly a contribution of the west. That way, in all societies, there were attempts of obstruction to progress of science. In India they got more success. There was a time in Indian history when Indian science was not only famous in the country, but it was so all over the world. If the progress of Indian science would have been maintained unhindered after the sixth century A.D., we Indians, today, would have been foremost in the scientific field. From the ruins of Harappa and Mohenjodaro, it is clear that there existed a pre Aryan urban civilization of Dravidians, which went by the name of Nagas. It shows great development of town planning, water supply and urban facilities, sanitary drainage and granaries.
EGovernance Newsletter BISAG (bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications Geoinformatics).March 04. Jan Seva Kendra. April 04. New Approach towards eGovernance Project http://www.gujaratinformatics.com/gov/projects/depts/14_egovernance_newsletter.h
Extractions: eGovernance Newsletter Since December 2002, a monthly newsletter on eGovernance has been prepared and it is being released in the first week of every month. We have released total 27 issues covering various subjects related to eGovernance activities in the state of Gujarat The newsletter has been uploaded on the website ( http://newsletter.gujarat.gov.in ) as well as delivered in all the mailboxes of Government employees of the state of Gujarat connected via GSWAN (6400 mail boxes). Total 27 issues on various eGovernance topics are released, the list of which is as under: Issue Newsletter Topic December 02 Inaugural Issue January 03 GSWAN Special February 03 Citizen Convenience Centre Special March 03 Land Records Computerization Special April 03 Mahitishakti Special May 03 Talimrojgar Special June 03 Computerization of Schools and MDM July 03 InfoDrive August 03 Computerization of DAT September 03 Gyanganga Project and WLL Technologies October 03 Vadodara - A Model District November 03 Govt. of
Zoo Station This poem was originally written in 1150 by bhaskaracharya, a mathematician andmechanic and is taken from a book he wrote called the Lilavati, http://www.wetware.blogspot.com/2003_07_01_wetware_archive.html
Extractions: @import url(http://www.blogger.com/css/navbar/main.css); @import url(http://www.blogger.com/css/navbar/1.css); BlogThis! Team Zoo Station's take on life, the universe and everything in between. For information on how to help with tsunami relief efforts, please see this post Unlike his celluloid doppelganger, John Poindexter has finally had to resign . The flap over the Total Information Awareness program did not get him, but the "terrorism futures" idea did. While I thought TIA was an unbelievably bad idea, I happen to think that the "futures market" on terror had some merit and was shot down due to a lack of understanding of how it worked and an overdose of political correctness. Just for my own intellectual curiosity, it woud have been interesting to see if the idea would work. Perhaps I feel that way because of my own interest in both the role of information in efficient functioning of markets and the way markets capture information better than any other tool seems to. Professor Hal Varian agrees with my assessment of the terrorism futures idea in this piece he wrote in today's New York Times.
Why Science Declined In Ancient India With perhaps a solitary exception of bhaskaracharya of 12 to 14th century, Even bhaskaracharya (some time between 1114 and 1400 AD) totally denied that http://www.ambedkar.org/research/Why_Science_Declined_In_Ancient_India.htm
Extractions: Matrimonial Why Science Declined In Ancient India? Dr. K. Jamanadas, A learned medical specialist from Nagpur, in a recent article in lay press, while describing ancient medical sciences in India, has remarked that fall of science of surgery was because of 'ahimsa' taught by the Buddha. Though the remark was as an orbus dictum, it shows not only his ignorance of Indian history and of Buddhism, but also desire for making false charges on Buddhism due to, may be, his contempt for the Buddhists. The surgery was never considered 'himsa' by the Buddhists, nor for that matter by anybody. Certainly fall of sciences was not because of 'ahimsa' of the Buddha. Modern science is undoubtedly a contribution of the west. That way, in all societies, there were attempts of obstruction to progress of science. In India they got more success. There was a time in Indian history when Indian science was not only famous in the country, but it was so all over the world. If the progress of Indian science would have been maintained unhindered after the sixth century A.D., we Indians, today, would have been foremost in the scientific field. Golden era of Science in India From the ruins of Harappa and Mohenjodaro, it is clear that there existed a pre Aryan urban civilization of Dravidians, which went by the name of Nagas. It shows great development of town planning, water supply and urban facilities, sanitary drainage and granaries.
Honouring Their Writings - Deccan Herald Kamleshwar, Sara Joseph, Sudhir Naorobiam, Bindya Subba, Prof Jatindra MohanMohanty, Charan Das Sidhu, Santosh Maya Mohan, Dr bhaskaracharya Tripathia, http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/mar212004/fac9.asp
Extractions: I believe that all particles are configurations of energy, and thus, since energy is movement, all things in the universe are non-static. Something that would be static for even an instant would not be existent. The maximum speed of a particle before it becomes unstable and therefore can not continue to be that particle is obviously determined by how the particle is configured; how stable or resistant to relative change the particle is. Therefore, to say that there is a universal maximum speed for all particles and energy would be equivalent to saying that either energy itself is inherently unstable (in which case I would not exist) or there is a limit to how much energy can exist in a finite amount of space. There are 31,556,926 seconds (on average) in one year, so there are approximately 365.2421991 days (of 86,400 seconds (60 seconds*60 minutes*24 hours)) in a year, not 365.258756484. I can only assume you mean that Bhaskaracharya was the first to come close enough to the correct number for your standards.
Majority Report Radio Post Show Post - Friday bhaskaracharya knew the law of gravitation. The Surya Siddhanta is based on asystem of trigonometry. Professor Wallace says In fact it is founded on a http://www.majorityreportradio.com/weblog/archives/002552.php
Extractions: SOUTH ASIAN HISTORY Pages from the history of the Indian sub-continent: Science and Mathematics in India History of Mathematics in India In all early civilizations, the first expression of mathematical understanding appears in the form of counting systems. Numbers in very early societies were typically represented by groups of lines, though later different numbers came to be assigned specific numeral names and symbols (as in India) or were designated by alphabetic letters (such as in Rome). Although today, we take our decimal system for granted, not all ancient civilizations based their numbers on a ten-base system. In ancient Babylon, a sexagesimal (base 60) system was in use. The Decimal System in Harappa In India a decimal system was already in place during the Harappan period, as indicated by an analysis of Harappan weights and measures. Weights corresponding to ratios of 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, and 500 have been identified, as have scales with decimal divisions. A particularly notable characteristic of Harappan weights and measures is their remarkable accuracy. A bronze rod marked in units of 0.367 inches points to the degree of precision demanded in those times. Such scales were particularly important in ensuring proper implementation of town planning rules that required roads of fixed widths to run at right angles to each other, for drains to be constructed of precise measurements, and for homes to be constructed according to specified guidelines. The existence of a gradated system of accurately marked weights points to the development of trade and commerce in Harappan society.
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