Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c8.s3.1

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c8.s3.1

As the ratio of the circumference and diameter can not be expressed in any commensurable quantity, an infinite series for the value of π gradually developed simultaneously with other trigonometrical series namely sine, cosine and tan series. The Sanskrit works, *Tantra-samgraha* and *Karanapaddhati* gave the expansion of the π, sine, cosine and tan functions, the results of which are almost identical with modern values :

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Tantrasaṅgraha — Nīlakaṇṭha Somayājī 1500, Sanskrit
Karaṇapaddhati — Putumana Somayājī 1660, Sanskrit