Mahavira (mathematician)
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Mahavira was a 9th-century Indian mathematician known for his influential work on arithmetic and algebra, particularly his treatise Ganita Sara Samgraha.
All labels observed (1)
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| Mahavira (mathematician) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16720445 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mahavira (mathematician) Context triple: [Indian mathematics, hasNotablePerson, Mahavira (mathematician)]
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Bhaskararaya
Bhaskararaya was an 18th-century Hindu scholar and authority on Shakta Tantra, renowned for his influential and detailed commentaries on key devotional and philosophical texts.
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B.
Bhāskara
Bhāskara was an early Vedānta philosopher and commentator known for his influential exegesis on major Upanishads and his advocacy of a realist, non-illusionistic interpretation of Brahman and the world.
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C.
Madhavagupta
Madhavagupta was a ruler of the Later Gupta dynasty, a post-Gupta royal line that governed parts of northern India following the decline of the classical Gupta Empire.
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D.
Brahmagupta
Brahmagupta was a pioneering 7th-century Indian mathematician and astronomer renowned for formalizing rules for zero, negative numbers, and solving quadratic equations.
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E.
Bhaskara I
Bhaskara I was a 7th-century Indian mathematician and astronomer known for his work on number systems, algebra, and an accurate approximation of the sine function.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mahavira (mathematician) Target entity description: Mahavira was a 9th-century Indian mathematician known for his influential work on arithmetic and algebra, particularly his treatise Ganita Sara Samgraha.
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A.
Bhaskararaya
Bhaskararaya was an 18th-century Hindu scholar and authority on Shakta Tantra, renowned for his influential and detailed commentaries on key devotional and philosophical texts.
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B.
Bhāskara
Bhāskara was an early Vedānta philosopher and commentator known for his influential exegesis on major Upanishads and his advocacy of a realist, non-illusionistic interpretation of Brahman and the world.
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C.
Madhavagupta
Madhavagupta was a ruler of the Later Gupta dynasty, a post-Gupta royal line that governed parts of northern India following the decline of the classical Gupta Empire.
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D.
Brahmagupta
Brahmagupta was a pioneering 7th-century Indian mathematician and astronomer renowned for formalizing rules for zero, negative numbers, and solving quadratic equations.
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E.
Bhaskara I
Bhaskara I was a 7th-century Indian mathematician and astronomer known for his work on number systems, algebra, and an accurate approximation of the sine function.
- F. None of above. chosen
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