Katyayana mathematician biography project
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Kātyāyana
Sanskrit grammarian, mathematician and Vedic priest
For the Buddhist monk, see Katyayana (Buddhist).
Kātyāyana (कात्यायन) also spelled as Katyayana (c. 3rd century BCE)[1][2][3] was a Sanskrit grammarian, mathematician and Vedic priest who lived in ancient India.
Origins
[edit]According to some legends[citation needed], he was born in the Katya lineage originating from Vishwamitra, thus[citation needed] called Katyayana.
The Kathāsaritsāgara mentions Kātyāyana as another name of Vararuci, a re-incarnation of Lord Shiva's gana or follower Pushpadanta. The story also mentions him learning grammar from Shiva's son Kartikeya which is corroborated in the Garuda Purana where Kartikeya (also called Kumara) teaches Katyayana the rules of grammar in a way that it could be understood even by children.[4] It may be that his full name was in fact Vararuci Kātyāyana.[5]
Relation to Goddess Katyayini
[edit]In texts like Kalika Purana, it is mentioned that he worshipped Mother Goddess to be born as his daughter hence she came to be known as Katyayani or the "daughter of Katyayan" who is worshipped on the sixth day of Navratri festival.[6] According to the Vamana Purana once t
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Timeline of all the major accomplishments in math
by: Harrison Kang
3000 BC
India writes a book called "Vidas" marking the beginning of mathematics (arithmetics, geometry, algebra, etc.)
2000 BC
India writes another book called "Brahmada" also teaching about mathematics. Because one book apparently just wasn't enough.
1650 BC
The Egyptians come up with manual arithmetic and geometry. They also develop the concept of multiplication and division. A human life was apparently worth a million, a seal one hundred thousand, and a flower being a thousand. One could buy a human with one thousand flowers.
1600 BC
The Chinese develop a decimal system and the concept of arithmetics, algebra, and negative numbers. They also create basic mathematical equations for the first time.
500 BC
Pythagoras ruins the lives of future high school students and comes up with the Pythagorean Theorem but is given credit/confirmed later in fourth century AD. One would wonder why not the 22nd century AD.
300 BC
Euclid, also known as the "Father of Geometry", finds that there are infinitely many prime numbers. In addition, he specializes in spherical geometry and the number theory.
250 BC
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