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Bhāskara (Bhedabheda Vedanta) Bhāskara (8th-9th century CE) was an Indian philosopher and proponent of the Bhedabheda school of Vedanta philosophy. He wrote commentaries on the Brahma Sutras, and contested Shankara's doctrine of māyā ''Maya'' (; Devanagari: , IAST: ), ...

, Indian philosopher who was an early figure in the Bhedabheda tradition of Vedanta * Rao Siddani Bhaskara (born 1943), Indian graph theorist *

Bhāskara I Bhāskara (; commonly called Bhāskara I to avoid confusion with the 12th-century mathematician Bhāskara II) was a 7th-century Indian mathematician and astronomer who was the first to write numbers in the Hindu–Arabic decimal system with a ...

(c. 600 – c. 680), Indian mathematician and commentator *

Bhāskara II Bhāskara II ('; 1114–1185), also known as Bhāskarāchārya (), was an Indian people, Indian polymath, Indian mathematicians, mathematician, astronomer and engineer. From verses in his main work, Siddhānta Śiromaṇi, it can be inferre ...

(1114–1185), Indian mathematician and astronomer; wrote the ''Siddhanta Siromani'' * Bhaskara (Kashmiri), writer; wrote on the Kashmir Shaivism sect of Hinduism *

Bhaskararaya Bhāskararāya Makhin (1690–1785) was a religious exponent and writer known for his contributions to the Shakta tradition of Hinduism. He was born in a Maharashtrian Brahmin family at Hyderabad, Telangana. Bhaskara raya was welcomed by king S ...

(1690–1785), Indian writer; wrote on the worship of the Mother Goddess in Hinduism * Bhaskara Sethupathy (1868–1905), Raja of Ramnad

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* Bhaskara Satellite series, satellites built by the Indian Space Research Organisation

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