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The Hindu name for the science of trigonometry is jyotpatti-gaṇita or “the science of calculation for the construction of the sine”. It is found as early as in the Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta of Brahmagupta (628). Sometimes that name is simplified into jyā-gaṇita (or “the science of calculation of the sines”). In very recent years there has appeared the name trikoṇamiti, which is a literal as well as phonetic rendering of the Greek name for the science.
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Kolachana, A., Mahesh, K., Ramasubramanian, K. (2019). Hindu trigonometry. In: Kolachana, A., Mahesh, K., Ramasubramanian, K. (eds) Studies in Indian Mathematics and Astronomy. Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7326-8_16
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