《Kandaka Doyaka》 - Kandaka Doyaka

Japanese: 《カンダカードヤカ》 - かんだかーどやか
《Kandaka Doyaka》 - Kandaka Doyaka

…While the Arya school considers the beginning of the day to be sunrise, this school counts from midnight. Brahmagupta's Kandakadyakyaka (March 23, 665 AD) is a representative work. This work had a great influence on early Islamic astronomy. …

From Brahmagupta

…The book contains two chapters on mathematics, and his talent as a mathematician is especially evident in the problems of indeterminate equations and geometrical problems. In this book, written in his youth, he severely criticizes the achievements of his predecessors, but in his later years, he continues and develops the school of Aryabhata in his astronomical calculations, the Kandakadyaqa. This book was also widely used both in India and abroad. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Kandaka Dyaka" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…アールヤ学派が1日の始まりを日の出とするのに対し,この学派は夜半から数える。ブラフマグプタの《カンダカードヤカ》(暦元665年3月23日)が代表的作品である。この作品は初期イスラム天文学に大きな影響を与えた。…

【ブラフマグプタ】より

…同書には数学に関する2章が含まれていて,とくに不定方程式や図形の問題には数学者としてのすぐれた才能が発揮されている。若いときに書かれたこの書物では先人の業績を厳しく批判しているが,晩年に著した天文計算書《カンダカードヤカ》においては,アールヤバタの学派を継承・発展させている。この書もインド内外においてきわめてよく利用された。…

※「《カンダカードヤカ》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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