alleryThe words sine and cosine come from mistranscriptions of which Aryabhata terms?
AJya and kojya
BGanita and kala
CShanku and chhaya
DJiva and prana
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Jya and kojya
1. Aryabhata defined sine as jya and cosine as kojya.
2. These became jiba and kojiba in Arabic and were misread by Gerard of Cremona.
3. The other pairs are real terms but are not the source of sine and cosine.
_Source: Wikipedia, Aryabhata, Legacy_
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