Munishvara

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Munishvara
Born1608
Other namesMunīśvara Viśvarūpa
OccupationMathematician
Known for
  • Siddhanta Sarvabhauma
  • Lilavativivruti
Parent
  • Ranganatha (father)
RelativesBallala (grandfather)

Munishvara or Munīśvara Viśvarūpa (born 1603) was an Indian

planetary motions. He was also opposed to the adoption of some mathematical ideas in spherical trigonometry from Arab scholars.[4] An edition of his Siddhanta Sarvabhauma was published in the Princess of Wales Sarasvati Bhavana Granthamala series edited by Gopinath Kaviraj.[5] Munisvara's book had twelve chapters in two parts. The second part had notes on astronomical instruments. He was a follower of Bhaskara II.[6]

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  3. ^ Hall, F.E., ed. (1859). The Gudhartha-Prakasaka.
  4. , retrieved 18 July 2022
  5. ^ Gopinath Kaviraj, Munishvara (1932). Siddhanta Sarvabhauma. Benaras: Sarasvati Bhavana Granthamala, No, 41.
  6. ^ Sarma, K.V. (2008). "Munisvara". In Selin, Helaine (ed.). Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures. Springer. p. 752.

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