Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A v3.c12.2933

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v3.c12.2933

Author of the *Ukāra*, a translation of the *Ukarr Thāwadūsiyūs* or the Arabic version of the *Spherica* of Theodosius (*fl.* first century B.C.) made by Quṣṭā ibn Lūqā al-Baʿalbakī (d. 912), corrected by Thābit ibn Qurra (834/901), and commented on by Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (1201/1274). It is sometimes called *Kaṭara* (from *quṭr*, diameter). Manuscripts:

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