Varahamihira biography of mahatma

Our knowledge of Varahamihira is very limited indeed.

According to one of his works, he was educated in Kapitthaka.

He was the President of Indian Society for History of Mathematics for six years.

When I was a young lawyer in Berlin I read Mahatma Gandhi's autobiography, Varahamihira in Brihat Samhita says: Tell me truly, what.

Varahamihira was a 6th-century astronomer, scientist, astrologer, mathematician, and scholar, and one of the navratnas of Chandragupta II. He.

Brihat Samhita is written by Varaha Mihira.

This document provides a biography and overview of the work of Sage Varahamihira, an expert in ancient Indian astrology.

However, far from settling the question this only gives rise to discussions of possible interpretations of where this place was. Dhavale in [3] discusses this problem. We do not know whether he was born in Kapitthaka, wherever that may be, although we have given this as the most likely guess.

We do know, however, that he worked at Ujjain which had been an important centre for mathematics since around AD. The school of mathematics at Ujjain was increased in importance due to Varahamihira working there and it continued for a long period to be one of the two leading mathematical centres in India, in particular having Brahmagupta as its next major figure.

The most famous work by Varahamihira is the Pancasiddhantika(The Five Astronomical Canons) dated AD. This work is important in itself and also in giving us information about older Indian texts which ar