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Aryabhatta of Bihar [Indian Mathematician-Astronomer] (Re: British writer Arthur C. Clarke)

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Hi,

So Indians have a large counting:

Astronomer and mathematician
Aryabhata, who was born in 476 CE,
finished his book Aryabhatiya in 499
CE, in which he wrote "When the
three yugas (satyug, tretayug and
dwaparyug) have elapsed and
60 x 60 (3,600) years of kaliyug
have already passed, I am now 23
years old." Based on this information,
Kali Yuga began in 3102 BCE, which is
calculated from 3600 - (476 + 23) + 1
(no year zero from 1 BCE to 1 CE).[24]

What was he talking about?

"Within the current Kalpa (aeon) are
1,000 cycles of a Chatur Yuga (epoch),
each with four yugas (ages). These ages
encompass a beginning of complete purity
to a descent into total decay, a
devolution of dharmic principles.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_eschatology#The_Four_Yugas

Bye

Mild Shock schrieb:
> 
> I dunno. Was trying to find another story,
> of a scientiest who studies the mind, and
> then goes slowly crazy when he discovers
> 
> how the mind works. But what I posted
> is a **Plot Summmary** of a short story:
> 
>  > "The Nine Billion Names of God" is a
>  > 1953 science fiction short story by
>  > British writer Arthur C. Clarke.
>  > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nine_Billion_Names_of_God
> 
> Maybe he used some existing Asian lore,
> I don't know. Who is an expert in this matter?
> 
> WM schrieb:
>  > On 05.10.2025 00:52, Mild Shock wrote:
>  >>
>  >> In a Tibetan lamasery, the monks seek to
>  >> list all of the names of God. They believe
>  >> the Universe was created for this purpose,
>  >> and that once this naming is completed, God
>  >> will bring the Universe to an end. Three
>  >
>  > A very old story. I read it as a child.
>  >
>  > Regards, WM
>  >

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