Born: about 800 in India
Died: about 860 in India

Govindasvami (or Govindasvamin) was an Indian mathematical astronomer whose most famous treatise was a commentary on the Mahabhaskariya of Bhaskara I.

Bhaskara I wrote the Mahabhaskariya in about 600 A. D. It is an eight chapter work on Indian mathematical astronomy and includes topics which were fairly standard for such works at this time. It discussed topics such as the longitudes of the planets, conjunctions of the planets with each other and with bright stars, eclipses of the sun and the moon, risings and settings, and the lunar crescent.

Govindasvami wrote the Bhasya in about 830 which was a commentary on the Mahabhaskariya. In Govindasvami's commentary there appear many examples of using a place-value Sanskrit system of numerals. One of the most interesting aspects of the commentary, however, is Govindasvami's construction of a sine table.

Articles:

1. R C Gupta, Fractional parts of Aryabhata,s sines and certain rules found in Govindasvami,s Bhasya on the Mahabhaskarya, Indian J. History Sci. 6 (1971), 51-59.
2. S K Jha and V N Jha, Computation of sine-table based on the Mahasiddhanta of Aryabhata II, J. Bihar Math. Soc. 14 (1991), 9-17.

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