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deity of the sun,

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Bhāskara (Bhedabheda Vedanta) Bhāskara (8t-9th v. CE) was an Indian philosopher and proponent of the Bhedabheda school of Vedanta philosophy. He wrote commentaries on the Brahma Sutras The ''Brahma Sūtras'' ( sa, ब्रह्मसूत्राणि) is a Sanskrit te ...

, Indian philosopher who was an early figure in the Bhedabheda tradition of Vedanta *

Rao Siddani Bhaskara Siddani Bhaskara Rao is a graph theorist, Professor Emeritus, and director of the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) in Calcutta. Rao is the first director of the CR Rao Advanced Institute of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science. S. B. ...

(born 1943), Indian graph theorist * Bhāskara I (c. 600 – c. 680), Indian mathematician and commentator *

Bhāskara II Bhāskara II (c. 1114–1185), also known as Bhāskarāchārya ("Bhāskara, the teacher"), and as Bhāskara II to avoid confusion with Bhāskara I, was an Indian mathematician and astronomer. From verses, in his main work, Siddhānta Shiroman ...

(1114–1185), Indian mathematician and astronomer; wrote the ''Siddhanta Siromani'' *

Bhaskara (Kashmiri) Bhaskara was a notable writer on the Kashmir Shaivism sect of Hinduism. He wrote an important commentary on the Shiva Sutras of Vasugupta.Vasugupta and Bhāskarabhaṭṭa (n.d./1992) The aphorisms of Śiva: the ŚivaSūtra with Bhāskara's commenta ...

, writer; wrote on the Kashmir Shaivism sect of Hinduism *

Bhaskararaya Bhaskara raya () (1690–1785) is widely considered an authority on all questions pertaining to the worship of the Mother Goddess in Shakta tradition of Hinduism. He was born in a Maharashtrian Brahmin family at Hyderabad, Telangana. Bhaskara ray ...

(1690–1785), Indian writer; wrote on the worship of the Mother Goddess in Hinduism *

Bhaskara Sethupathy Bhaskara Sethupathy ( Muthuvijaya Raghunatha Bhaskara; 3 November 1868 – 27 December 1903) was a Zamindar of Ramnad. He became the recognised proprietor of the Ramnad estate after his father's death in 1873 until 1895. From 1895, he assumed Man ...

(1868–1905), Raja of Ramnad

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Bhaskara Satellite series Bhaskara-I and II were two satellites built by the Indian Space Research Organisation that formed India's first low-Earth orbit Earth observation satellite. They collected data oceanography and hydrology. Both satellites are named after ancient I ...

, satellites built by the Indian Space Research Organisation

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