Lilavati and Bhaskara II

Why in news?

• Union Minister of Education launched Lilavati Award-2020.
• The objective of the award is to create awareness about issues like sanitation, hygiene, health, nutrition, literacy, employment, technology, credit, marketing, innovation, skill development, natural resources and rights among women

About Lilavati:

• Lilavati is Indian mathematician Bh?skara II's treatise on mathematics, written in 1150.
• It is the first volume of his main work, the Siddh?nta Shiromani.
• The book contains thirteen chapters, mainly definitions, arithmetical terms, interest computation, arithmetical and geometrical progressions, plane geometry, solid geometry, the shadow of the gnomon, the Ku??aka - a method to solve indeterminate equations, and combiantions.
• It is believed to be named after his daughter who herself was a learned mathematician.

About Bhaskara II:

• Bhaskracharya also known as Bh?skara II was born in Bijapur in Karnataka.
• Bhaskara and his works represent a significant contribution to mathematical and astronomical knowledge in the 12th century.
• He has been called the greatest mathematician of medieval India.
• His main work Siddhanta-Siromani, is divided into four parts called Lilavati, Bijaga?ita, Grahaga?ita and Goladhyaya which are also sometimes considered four independent works.
  • These four sections deal with arithmetic, algebra, mathematics of the planets, and spheres respectively.
• Bh?skara's work on calculus predates Newton and Leibniz by over half a millennium.
• He is particularly known in the discovery of the principles of differential calculus and its application to astronomical problems and computations.
• On 20 November 1981 the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched the Bhaskara II satellite honouring the mathematician and astronomer.

PRELIMS QUESTION

Consider the following statements regarding Mathematical knowledge of Ancient India:
1.Br?hmasphu?asiddh?nta was written by Bhaskara I.
2.Bakhshali manuscript is known for the earliest known Indian use of a zero symbol.
Which among the above statements is/are correct?
(a)1 only 
(b)2 only 
(c)Both 1 and 2
(d)Neither 1 nor 2

Answer to prelims question