Yativṛṣabha

Yativṛṣabha
Jadivasaha
Religion	Jainism
Sect	Digambara
Personal
Born	est. 6th century CE Indian Subcontinent
Died	around 6th century end
Religious career
Works	Author of the Tiloyapannatti, which postulated different concepts about infinity.
Profession	Prakrit mathematician

Yativṛṣabha, also known as Jadivasaha, was a mathematician and 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." Tiloya Panatti postulated different concepts about infinity.

See also

• List of Indian mathematicians
• Yati

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. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. New York: Springer. p. 1251. ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0. (PDF version)