Yativṛṣabha

Yativṛṣabha
Born	est. 6th century CE
Died	around 6th century end
Academic work
Era	Vedic period
Main interests	Prakrit mathematician
Notable ideas	Author of the Tiloyapannatti, which postulated different concepts about infinity.

Yativrsabha, also known as Jadivasaha, was a mathematician, and he was a Jain monk. He is believed to have lived during the 6th century, probably during 500-570. He lived and worked between the periods of two great Indian mathematicians, Aryabhata (476 – 550) and Brahmagupta (598-668). He wrote the book named Tiloyapannatti which describes cosmology from the point of view of Jain religion and philosophy. "The work also gives various units for measuring distances and time." Tiloyapannatti postulated different concepts about infinity.

References

• O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Yativṛṣabha", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews

Further reading

• L C Jain and A Jain, Philosopher mathematicians : Yativrsabhacarya, Virasenacarya and Nemicandracarya (Meerut, 1985).
• L C Jain, Basic mathematics : Exact Sciences from Jaina Sources 1 (New Delhi, 1982).

External links

• Ikeyama, Setsuro (2007). "Yativṛṣabha". In Thomas Hockey; et al. (eds.). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. New York: Springer. p. 1251. ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |editor= (help) (PDF version)