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Bhāskara II

1114 - 1185

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Bhāskara II ([bʰɑːskərə]; c.1114–1185), also known as Bhāskarāchārya (lit. 'Bhāskara the teacher'), was an Indian polymath, mathematician, astronomer and engineer. From verses in his main work, Siddhānta Śiromaṇi, it can be inferred that he was born in 1114 in Vijjadavida (Vijjalavida) and living in the Satpura mountain ranges of Western Ghats, believed to be the town of Patana in Chalisgaon, located in present-day Khandesh region of Maharashtra by scholars. In a temple in Maharashtra, an inscription supposedly created by his grandson Changadeva, lists Bhaskaracharya's ancestral lineage for several generations before him as well as two generations after him. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bhāskara II has received more than 1,894,691 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Bhāskara II is the 63rd most popular mathematician (up from 69th in 2019), the 43rd most popular biography from India (up from 44th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Indian Mathematician.

Bhāskara II is most famous for his text, Siddhānta Shiromani. It is a commentary on the Brahma Sutras, one of the most important texts in Vedanta philosophy.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Bhāskara II ranks 63 out of 1,004. Before him are Gaspard Monge, Al-Battani, Émilie du Châtelet, August Ferdinand Möbius, Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani, and Hermann Minkowski. After him are Urbain Le Verrier, Simon Stevin, Friedrich Bessel, Abraham de Moivre, Ludolph van Ceulen, and Giuseppe Peano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1114, Bhāskara II ranks 1. After him are Otto of Freising, Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona, Gerard of Cremona, Berenguer Ramon, Count of Provence, Dirk VI, Count of Holland, Rainald of Dassel, and Gertrude of Sulzbach. Among people deceased in 1185, Bhāskara II ranks 6. Before him are Baldwin IV of Jerusalem, Pope Lucius III, Afonso I of Portugal, Chrétien de Troyes, and Ibn Tufail. After him are Andronikos I Komnenos, Agnes of Courtenay, Emperor Antoku, Richeza of Poland, Queen of Castile, John Kinnamos, and Beatrice of Rethel.

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In India

Among people born in India, Bhāskara II ranks 43 out of 1,861. Before him are Sathya Sai Baba (1926), Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895), Rani of Jhansi (1828), Amir Khusrow (1253), Sita (null), and Alauddin Khalji (1266). After him are Tulsidas (1532), Amartya Sen (1933), Ghalib (1797), Tipu Sultan (1750), Savitribai Phule (1831), and Meera (1498).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In India

Among mathematicians born in India, Bhāskara II ranks 3. Before him are Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887), and Brahmagupta (598). After him are Augustus De Morgan (1806), S. R. Ranganathan (1892), Madhava of Sangamagrama (1350), Bhāskara I (600), Jai Singh II (1688), D. R. Kaprekar (1905), Nilakantha Somayaji (1444), Harish-Chandra (1923), and Kātyāyana (-200).

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