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: लौकिके वैदिके वापि तथा सामयिकेऽपि यः। व्यापारस्तत्र सर्वत्र संख्यानमुपयुज्यते॥ | : लौकिके वैदिके वापि तथा सामयिकेऽपि यः। | ||
:व्यापारस्तत्र सर्वत्र संख्यानमुपयुज्यते॥ | |||
: Meaning : Where there is business in worldly, Vedic and contemporary, only numbers are used everywhere. | : Meaning : Where there is business in worldly, Vedic and contemporary, only numbers are used everywhere. | ||
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Mahāvīra or Mahāvīracharya was a 9th-century Jain mathematician born in Mysore, in Southern India. He was born in the year 815 AD[1]. Gaṇitasārasan̄graha was authored by Mahāvīra. He was in the royal court of king Amoghavarsha of Rashtrakuta dynasty.
Gaṇitasārasan̄graha has the following chapters
- Sangyaādhikāra (Terminology)
- Parikarmavyāvhār (Arithmetical operations)
- Kālaswarnavyavhār (Fractions)
- Prakīrñakvyavhār (Miscellaneous problems)
- Trairāshik (Rule of three)
- Miśravyavhār (Mixed problems)
- Kśetragaṇit vyavhār (Measurement of Areas)
- Khātvyavhār (calculations regarding excavations)
- Chāyāvyavhār (Calculations relating to shadows)
- Mahaviracharya has praised mathematics in Gaṇitasārasan̄graha
- लौकिके वैदिके वापि तथा सामयिकेऽपि यः।
- व्यापारस्तत्र सर्वत्र संख्यानमुपयुज्यते॥
- Meaning : Where there is business in worldly, Vedic and contemporary, only numbers are used everywhere.