Varahamihira
505 CE–587 CE · Ujjayinī (Ujjain)
Varāhamihira (c. 20/21 March 505 – c. 587), also called Varāha or Mihira, was an ancient Indian mathematician, astrologer-astronomer who lived in or around Ujjain in present-day Madhya Pradesh, India.
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Ujjayinī, modern Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh, India, was an ancient royal and intellectual city on the Shipra river. It is given as the birthplace of the sixth-century Indian monk Paramārtha (Kulanātha), who travelled to China and became a principal transmitter of the Yogācāra teachings there.
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