Baudhayana

 ( Indian Philosophers ) 

Baudhayana (Sanskrit: बौधायन, Romanization: Baudhāyana) was an ancient Indian mathematician and Vedas sage, believed to have lived around the 8th-7th century BCE. He is renowned for his contributions to early Indian mathematics and geometry, primarily through his authorship of the Baudhayana Sutras. His birth anniversary is known as Baudhayana Jayanti or Bodhayan Jayanti or Bodhayan Janmotsav in the Mithila region.

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Description Baudhayana was a revered philosopher as well as a great Indian mathematician during 700 BC. He was the author of several ancient texts composed in the ancient Indian subcontinent. He composed more than two hundred texts. He gave many important theories of mathematics. He is known for the famous mathematical theory Baudhāyana Śulbasûtra.

In the text Ashtadhyayi, he is described as the guru of the famous Sanskrit grammarian Panini. He was a great scholar of philosophy, theology, mathematics and language. His important works were Vedvriti, Vedanta, Ratna Manjusha, Dharmasutra and Grihasutra. Baudhayana Dharmasutra and Baudhayana Grihya Parishishta Sutra are the two major texts composed by him, which emphasize the ritualistic manner and philosophy of the Hindu tradition. His school of thought in Hindu tradition is known as Baudhayana Shakha or Baudhayana school. The Baudhayana Shakha consider the practices of image worship in Hinduism. It is affiliated to the Taittiriya recension of Krishna Yajurveda. In the Baudhayana school, Vishnu is considered as the highest being and called as Mahapurusha. Apart from Lord Vishnu, it also considers all other deities in Hinduism as "Worthy of honor".

His other notable work is Baudhāyana-Śrauta-sutra. It is the oral lectures delivered by him to his disciples and belongs to the Taittiriya recension of the Krishna Yajurveda.

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Birth According to legend in the Mithila region, Baudhāyana is also called as Bhagwan Bodhayana. He was born on the Dvadashi (twelfth day) in Paksha of Pausha month in the Hindu calendar. He was born at the Bangaon village of the Bajpatti block in the Sitamarhi district of the Mithila region in the present state of Bihar in India. His childhood name was Upvarsha. His father's name was Shankardutt and mother's name was Charumati. His father was a scholar of Pataliputra.

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Baudhayana Jayanti

Baudhayana Jayanti is majorly celebrated in the Mithila region. A grand ceremony of Baudhayana Jayanti is organised at the campus of the Swami Bodhayan Mandir in the Sitamarhi district of Bihar since 1957. On the occasion of the celebration, Sadhu - Saints and sages are invited. A 7-day long Shrimad Bhagwat Katha is organised in the campus of the temple. The preparation of the festive celebration starts a week before the Baudhayana Jayanti. It starts with celebration of a Kalash Sobha Yatra procession. Every year a huge feast is organized here. A large number of devotees gather here on the Bodhayan Jayanti. They take sacred bath in the pond situated in the campus of the temple. They do parikrama and worship the statue of Bodhayan in the temple.

The Bodhayan Janmotsav has been proposed as the status of state festival in Bihar by the state minister Jibesh Kumar. In 2022, he assured the people of Mithila that the Bodhayan Jayanti would be given the status of a state festival through the Art and Culture department.

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