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Kātyāyana

Sanskrit mathematician
Person human Q1196778

Facts

11 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[8]
Date of birth
190 BC
Date of death
159 BC
Place of birth
India
Occupation
linguist, mathematician
Notable work
Katyayana Sulbasutra, Kātyāyana-Śrautasūtra[6][7]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Sanskrit[10]
Birth name
कात्यायन[11]
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9]
Name in native language
कात्यायन[12]
🏷️ Also known as
en Kātyāyana ar كاتيايانا fa کاتیایانا he קטיאיאנה hi वररुचि कात्यायन pt Katyayana ru Катьяяна (грамматик)
🔖 Identifiers · 21
VIAF cluster ID
9313159248504.6B (2.7M–9313159248504.6B, n=3)
Library of Congress authority ID
n85337508, n88102027
GND ID
1055460209
BIBSYS ID
8001943
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
121805479
CiNii Research ID
1140845216736177152
Digital Scriptorium Catalog item ID
Arivaca Junction
FAST ID
1828105, 1428185
Freebase ID
/m/0c5h46
IdRef ID
030379067
Libraries Australia ID
47753376
MacTutor biography ID
Katyayana
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NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA04805829
NLA Trove people ID
1479566
National Library of Ireland ID
vtls002016296
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007277496105171, 987014798295305171
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
075007169
RERO ID (legacy)
A003484904
Wellcome Collection concept ID
yaspfrz3
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PCjvMYVMVppcBRMPFmy398P
Yale LUX ID
person/39f0d935-e53e-4ba0-978c-76a7c4963c7d

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Occupation 2
mathematician, linguist
Described by source 1
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Digital Scriptorium Catalog item ID 1
Arivaca Junction
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Sanskrit
Place of birth 1
India
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Kātyāyana was born on 190 BC[1] in India[2]. He died on 159 BC[3]. He worked as a linguist[4] and mathematician[5].

FAQs

Where was Kātyāyana born?

Kātyāyana was born in India[2].

What did Kātyāyana do for work?

Kātyāyana worked as a linguist[4] and mathematician[5].

Related Entities

India

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [1] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16w ago · Geagea · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → —
    Instance of → human
    Notable work → Katyayana Sulbasutra, Kātyāyana-Śrautasūtra
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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