Apastamba (c. 600 BC), was an Indian priest/scholar associated with the black Yajur Veda (the others being Baudhayana, Vaikhanasa, Satyasadha, Bharadhvaja and Agnivesa). Centuries: 8th century BC - 7th century BC - 6th century BC Decades: 650s BC 640s BC 630s BC 620s BC 610s BC - 600s BC - 590s BC 580s BC 570s BC 560s BC 550s BC Events and Trends Fall of the Assyrian Empire and Rise of Babylon 609 BC _ King Josiah... The Yajur Veda यजुर्वेद is one of the four Hindu Vedas; it contains religious texts focussing on liturgy and ritual. ... Baudhayana, (circa 800 BC), was a Vedic Indian mathematician/scribe. ...
His Kalpasutra is an important part of the Hindu canon. It is divided into thirty chapters. The first 24 are about the performance of the Srauta sacrifices (Srautasutra). The 26th chapter is on the Grihya rites (Grihyasutra). The thirtieth is about geometry of altar construction (Sulbasutra). One of the most notable facts found in this Sulbasutra is an approximation of the square root of 2. It must be noted that like all the other Sulbasutras, it is not known how much of the mathematical development therein is original and how much is merely a transcription of existing knowledge. Hinduism {Sanskrit/Hindi - HindÅ« Dharma, also known as SanÄtana (eternal) Dharma and Vaidika (of the Vedas) Dharma} is the religion based on the Vedas as well as other traditional scriptures and beliefs. ... The Sulba Sutras or Sulva Sutras are a text of Vedic mathematics. ...
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