Book:Mahaviracharya/Ganita Sara Samgraha

Mahaviracharya: Ganita Sara Samgraha

Published $\text {c. $850$}$
In English:

Compendium of the Essence of Mathematics

Subject Matter

• Astronomy

Contents

• Jain mathematics

• An updating of Brahmagupta's Brahmasphutasiddhanta
• Much of the contents of the works of Aryabhata the Elder

• Fractions, permutations and combinations
• Solutions of quadratic equations
• Pythagorean triangles
• An attempt to find the area and perimeter of an ellipse

Also known as

Its title can be translated as:

"Compendium of Calculations"

"Compendium of Arithmetic".

Sources

• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Mahavira (fl. ad 850)
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Mahavira (fl. ad 850)
• 2008: Ian Stewart: Taming the Infinite ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $3$: Notations and Numbers: Brahmagupta, Mahavira and Bhaskara