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'''Halayudha''' ([[Sanskrit]]: हलायुध) was a 10th-century [[India]]n [[mathematician]] who wrote the '''{{IAST|Mṛtasañjīvanī}}''',<ref>Maurice Winternitz, ''History of Indian Literature'', Vol. III</ref> a [[Close reading|commentary]] on [[Pingala]]'s [[Chandah-shastra]], containing a clear description of [[Pascal's triangle]] (called ''meru-prastaara'').
'''Halayudha''' ([[Sanskrit]]: हलायुध) was a 10th-century [[India]]n [[mathematician]] who wrote the '''''{{IAST|Mṛtasañjīvanī}}''''',<ref>Maurice Winternitz, ''History of Indian Literature'', Vol. III</ref> a [[Close reading|commentary]] on [[Pingala]]'s ''Chandaḥśāstra''. The latter contains a clear description of [[Pascal's triangle]] (called ''meru-prastaara'').


==See also==
==See also==

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Halayudha
Bornest. 10th century AD
Died(unknown)
Academic work
EraPost Vedic period
Main interestsSanskrit mathematician
Notable worksAuthor of the Mṛtasañjīvanī a commentary on Pingala's Chandah-shastra, containing a clear description of Pascal's triangle (called meru-prastaara)

Halayudha (Sanskrit: हलायुध) was a 10th-century Indian mathematician who wrote the Mṛtasañjīvanī,[1] a commentary on Pingala's Chandaḥśāstra. The latter contains a clear description of Pascal's triangle (called meru-prastaara).

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Maurice Winternitz, History of Indian Literature, Vol. III