Pingala
Sign in to saveAcharya Pingala (; c. 3rd2nd century BCE) was an ancient Indian poet and mathematician, and the author of the '' (), also called the Pingala Sutras'' (), the earliest known treatise on Sanskrit prosody.
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Pingala was an Indian mathematician, linguist, academic, and writer. He was male and lived from 150 BCE until 67. His work is described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
He is also known by the author name Piṅgala. He has seven works attributed to him. Notable titles include 中觀論疏, 中論科判, Piṅgalācāryaviracitaṃ Piṅgalacchandaḥsūtram, 中論, Prákrita-paiṅgalam, and Chhandas Shâstra of Shrî Piñgalâchârya.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 7
Top works
- 中觀論疏 ; 中論科判
- Piṅgalācāryaviracitaṃ Piṅgalacchandaḥsūtram
- 中論
- Prákrita-paiṅgalam
- Chhandas Shâstra of Shrî Piñgalâchârya
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- 4
- Total plays
- 10
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Key facts
- Scholar.name
- Pingala
- Scholar.birth_date
- c. 3rd or 2nd century BCE
- Scholar.era
- Maurya or post-Maurya
- Scholar.main_interests
- Sanskrit prosody, Indian mathematics, Sanskrit grammar
- Scholar.notable_ideas
- Mātrāmeru, Binary numeral system.
- Scholar.major_works
- Author of the "''" (also called Pingala Sutras''), the earliest known treatise on Sanskrit prosody, Creator of Pingala's formula.
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Wikidata facts
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- date of birth
- 0150-01-01
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- date of death
- 0067-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Combinatorics
- Editions
- Notes
- See also
- References
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Acharya Pingala (; c. 3rd2nd century BCE) was an ancient Indian poet and mathematician, and the author of the '' (), also called the Pingala Sutras'' (), the earliest known treatise on Sanskrit prosody.
The ' is a work of eight chapters in the late Sūtra style, not fully comprehensible without a commentary. It has been dated to the last few centuries BCE. In the 10th century CE, Halayudha wrote a commentary elaborating on the '. According to some historians Maharshi Pingala was the brother of Pāṇini, the famous Sanskrit grammarian, considered the first descriptive linguist. Others identify him as Patanjali, the 2nd century CE scholar who authored Mahabhashya.
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