Bhāskara II
Bhāskara II
Bhaaskara II, also known as Bhaaskaraachaarya, was an Indian polymath, mathematician, and astronomer From verses in his main work, Siddhaanta Śiromani, it can be inferred that he was born in 1114 in Vijjadavida (Vijjalavida) and living in the Satpura mountain ranges of Western Ghats, believed to be the town of Patana in Chalisgaon, located in present-day Khandesh region of Maharashtra by scholars In
"The property of attraction is inherent in the Earth. By this property the Earth attracts any unsupported heavy thing towards it: The thing appears to be falling [but it is in a state of being drawn to the Earth]. The ethereal expanse being equally outspread all around, where can the Earth fall? (Goladhyaya III.6)"
Bhaaskara II
