ASWASTHA APURNANKACHE PADGHAM

(Incomplete Echoes of the uneasy era)

Synopsis:

Aryabhatta (476-550 A.D.) was born in Patliputra, modern Patna in Bihar.

Many are of the view that he was born in the south of India especially Kerala
and lived in Magadha/Kusumpura at the time of the Budhha Gupta rulers;
time which is known as the golden age of India. There is no evidence that he
was born outside Patliputra and traveled to Magadha, the centre of education
and learning for his studies where he even set up a coaching centre. His first
name “Arya” is hardly a south Indian name while “Bhatt” (or Bhatta) is a
typical north Indian name even found today specially among the “Bania” (or
trader) community.

Whatever this origin, it cannot be argued that he lived in Patliputra where he

wrote his famous treatise the “Aryabhatta-siddhanta” but more famously the
“Aryabhatiya”, the only work to have survived. It contains mathematical and
astronomical theories that have been revealed to be quite accurate in modern
mathematics. For instance he wrote that if 4 is added to 100 and then
multiplied by 8 then added to 62,000 then divided by 20,000 the answer will
be equal to the circumference of a circle of diameter twenty thousand. This
calculates to 3.1416 close to the actual value Pi (3.14159). But his greatest
contribution has to be zero. His other works include algebra, arithmetic,
trigonometry, quadratic equations and the sine table.

He already knew that the earth spins on its axis, the earth moves round the
sun and the moon rotates round the earth. He talks about the position of the
planets in relation to its movement around the sun. He refers to the light of
the planets and the moon as reflection from the sun. He goes as far as to
explain the eclipse of the moon and the sun, day and night, the contours of
the earth, the length of the year exactly as 365 days. He even computed the
circumference of the earth as 24835 miles which is close to modern day
calculation of 24900 miles.

This remarkable man was a genius and continues to baffle many

mathematicians of today.

ASWATHA APURNANKACHE PADGHAM is 45 mins one act play based

on aaryabhatta’s life-story.

Presented by: Vaze College of Arts,Science & commerce, Mulund

Directed by: Akash Raut

Written By: Bhalchandra S. Kubal

Performed by 30 students of the college.

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