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Varāhamihira (c. 20/21
March 505 – c. 587), also
called Varāha or Mihira, was a
Brahmin astrologer-astronomer who
lived in or
around Ujjain in present-day...
- Bṛhat-saṃhitā is a 6th-century Sanskrit-language
encyclopedia compiled by
Varāhamihira in present-day Ujjain, India.
Besides the author's area of expertise—astrology...
- era who
further elaborated on Aryabhata's work
include Brahmagupta,
Varahamihira and Lalla. An
identifiable native Indian astronomical tradition remained...
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depicted as a
group of eight, the Ashtamatrika(s). In the
Brihat Samhita,
Varahamihira says that "Matrikas are
forms of
Parvati taken by her with cognizance...
- Garga,
Varāhamihira and Kalhana,
place the
Bharata war 653
years after the Kali Yuga epoch,
corresponding to 2449 BCE.
According to
Varāhamihira's Bṛhat...
- period. The
Gupta period produced scholars such as Kalidasa, Aryabhata,
Varahamihira and Vatsyayana, who made
significant advancements in many
academic fields...
- com****tions, is
known through the
writings of Aryabhata's contemporary,
Varahamihira, and
later mathematicians and commentators,
including Brahmagupta and...
- and
mathematicians of
India such are
Varahamihira are
considered to be the
descendants of the Magas.
Varahamihira specifies that
installation and consecration...
- Kalidasa, the
author Bhartrihari, the
mathematicians and
astronomers Varahamihira and Brahmagupta, and the
polymath king Bhoja.
Ujjain had been the political...
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buildings or
temples or
broader objects of a
lasting architecture.
Varahamihira's Brihat Samhita dated to
about the
sixth century CE is
among the earliest...
