[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1979) › c8.4 # Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c8.4 Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c8.4 - **Language:** English ### [c8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1979.c8.4) Bhāskara II¹ laid particular emphasis on the study of trigonometry in order to obtain proficiency in astronomy. The idea on values of π, sine, cosine expressed in series was first found in the works of Mādhava and then appeared in the \*Karaṇa Paddhati\*, \*Tantrasaṃgraha\* and \*Yuktibhāṣā\* - [Previous: c8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1979.c8.3) - [Next: c8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1979.c8.5) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1979.c8) ## Linked texts (3) - [Tantrasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.kerala.tantra.tantrasangraha) — Nīlakaṇṭha Somayājī 1500, Sanskrit - [Yuktibhāṣā (Gaṇitayuktibhāṣā)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.kerala.golayukti.yuktibhasa) — Jyeṣṭhadeva 1520, Malayalam - [Karaṇapaddhati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.kerala.tantra.karanapaddhati) — Putumana Somayājī 1660, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1979.c8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1979.c8.4) · Pramāṇa