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Āryabhaṭīya
आर्यभटीय
- Author
- Aryabhata
- Period
- 499 CE (the author states his age in relation to that year)
- Tradition
- Siddhanta
Summary
A short and dense work in four parts covering an alphabetic number code, mathematics, time-reckoning and spherical astronomy. It proposes the daily rotation of the earth and gives a sine table and methods for planetary computation. It shaped the Aryabhata school, which later flourished in Kerala.
Structure
121 verses in four sections: Gitikapada, Ganitapada, Kalakriyapada, Golapada.
Where to read
Critical edition with translation by K. S. Shukla and K. V. Sarma (Indian National Science Academy, 1976); English translation by W. E. Clark (1930).