Rashikat al-Hind: tanasob nazd-e Hendiyan
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Original Title: Rāshikāt al-Hind: tanāsub nazd-i Hindiyān
A short mathematical treatise by Abū Rayḥān al-Bīrūnī, devoted to the concept of ratio and proportion in Indian mathematical thought, and the terminology used by Indian scholars for complex proportional systems.
Description
- Persian Title: راشیکات الهند: تناسب نزد هندیان
- Transliterated Title: Rāshikāt al-Hind: tanāsub nazd-i Hindiyān
- English Title: Rāshikāt al-Hind: Proportion among the Indians
- Author: Abū Rayḥān Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-Bīrūnī (4th–5th century A.H.)
- Editor: Muḥammad-Mahdī Kāveh Yazdī
- Language: Persian
- ISBN: 964-8700-95-4
- Publication Year: 2010
- Pages: 125
- Format: PDF
- Category: Treatises
- Miras Maktoob Collection Code: 196
【Summary】
Rāshikāt al-Hind is a relatively short treatise, originally comprising about 15 folios, written by Abū Rayḥān al-Bīrūnī. It is the only surviving work by al-Bīrūnī devoted exclusively to arithmetic.
In this treatise, al-Bīrūnī first explains the concept of ratio and proportion based on Greek mathematics, particularly Euclid’s Elements. He then introduces more complex proportional systems involving up to 17 known quantities and records the specific terms used by Indian mathematicians to describe these relationships. The work offers valuable insight into the transmission and comparison of Greek and Indian mathematical traditions.
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