PingalaHindu Male Hindu name meaning

Pingala was a renowned ancient Sanskrit poet, mathematician, and philosopher from India. He is traditionally regarded as the author of the 'Pingalasutra', also known as the 'Chandasutra' or 'Metrica'. This treatise deals with the metrical aspects of Sanskrit poetry and prose, and is considered one of the foundational texts of Indian literary theory.

circa 2nd century BCE

Pingala is also believed to be theauthor of the 'Pingala Satra', an ancient Indian mathematical text. It contains the first recorded discovery and explanation of the Fibonacci sequence, which was used to generate the 'Pingala's verses', a type of ancient Indian poetic form.

circa 400 BCE