Varāhamihira's pandiagonal magic square of the order four (Q1092881)
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Varāhamihira's pandiagonal magic square of the order four (English)
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1987
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It is an attempt to demonstrate that Varāhamihira (ca. 550), an Indian authority of astronomy, astrology and divination, utilized a pandiagonal magic square of sixteen cells in prescribing how to prepare perfumes from sixteen original substances. Attempt has also been made to reconstruct the original magic square underlying Varāhamihira's square, which consists of two sets of series (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8). A probable historical link between Indian and Islamic squares has been suggested.
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