The Surya Siddhanta, an ancient Indian astronomical text, is recognized for containing the roots of modern trigonometry. It introduced essential trigonometric functions such as sine (jya), cosine (kojya), and inverse sine (otkram-jya), and is acknowledged for presenting some of the earliest and most accurate trigonometric tables—centuries before similar advancements in Greece or elsewhere.
While Greek mathematician Hipparchus is often called the "father of trigonometry" for compiling early trigonometric tables, modern scholarship suggests that the Surya Siddhanta’s methods predate and outperform those early tables. The text is attributed to Mayasura, and some researchers refer to him as the "father of trigonometry" due to his foundational contributions in defining and applying trigonometric functions within the Surya Siddhanta. The sine tables in Surya Siddhanta, with intervals as fine as 3.75°, were more accurate and comprehensive than those of Hipparchus or Ptolemy, and its methods deeply influenced later Islamic and European mathematics.
The Surya Siddhanta is not just the root of Indian trigonometry, but a reference point for the discipline globally, and Mayasura (author of Surya Siddhanta) is increasingly credited as a true pioneer of trigonometry rather than Hipparchus alone.
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