The Beginning of a Great Masterpiece

Today will be one to remember, for I have started work on a new text. I have decided to called it Brahmasphutasiddhanta which translates to “Corrected treatise of brahma”. I hope to make it my best book yet. For I have had tremendous breakthroughs recently within my work. I plan to write this text within twenty-five different chapters starting with my most basic work around mean longitudes of the planets, problems of diurnal rotation, along with information involving solar and lunar eclipses. It is to be a more accurate version of the astronomical text I have learned a lot from called the Brahma Siddhanta. I am also very excited to finish this piece of writing because many of my fellow mathematicians and I have conflicting views about certain equations and theories so I hope my book will prove them wrong. I have also decided to put my most important finding that i have made thus far and maybe in my entire life into the book. I am talking about the number zero. I have discovered that the term zero is representative to nothing. I believe that this will be a very key factor in my attempt to improve the counting system. I also believe that the use of “zero” will greatly improve my predictions for planets orbital paths.

I was born in a small village called billamalla in Rajasthan in the year of 598 CE. I then decided to move to Ujjain in central India for a famous school of mathematics and have lived there ever since where I have become the Head researcher at the Ujjain observatory.

I think that I am doing a pretty good job with my astronomical theories because for some reason everyone thinks that the earth is flat where it clearly is round because of the orbital paths the planets around earth take. In terms of my advancements in astronomy I am currently trying to figure out exactly how long a lunar year is exactly. I hope I can come to a conclusion soon.

There is still a lot more i have to learn in terms of my research and hope to keep up the great work. I want to get as accurate as possible with my calculations so I can leave my mark in history

It has been a pleasure working as court astronomer for King Vyaghramukha but I feel as though i need something else going on in my life. That is why I decided to create my book. As I begin to improve my knowledge in the different fields of math I must keep in mind my great predecessors in Ujjain where I attended school. Both Varahamihira and Aryabhata are the reason why I know what I know today and without them I would be nothing.

I must leave now to continue my work because there is a lot to be done. Farewell and I hope when I write next that I will have new findings that I can share with you. 

Farewell, Brahmagupya

This is me working on my orbital calculations this past week.