alleryAryabhata's word for sine was:
Akotijya
Butkrama
Cardha-jya
Djya-ardha
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. ardha-jya
1. Aryabhata used a Sanskrit term for the half chord.
2. That term later became the word sine.
3. It was ardha-jya.
_Source: syllabus Mathematics, Chapter 8, Introduction to Trigonometry._
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