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# '''Saṃjñādhikāraḥ''' (Terminology) | # '''Saṃjñādhikāraḥ''' (Terminology) | ||
# '''Parikarmavyahāraḥ''' (Arithmetical operations) | # '''Parikarmavyahāraḥ''' (Arithmetical operations) | ||
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# '''Prakīrṇakavyahāraḥ''' (Miscellaneous problems) | # '''Prakīrṇakavyahāraḥ''' (Miscellaneous problems) | ||
# '''Trairāśikavyavahāraḥ''' (Rule of three) | # '''Trairāśikavyavahāraḥ''' (Rule of three) | ||
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Mahāvīra or Mahāvīrācārya 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 Amoghavarṣa of Rāṣṭrakūṭa dynasty.
Gaṇitasārasan̄graha has the following chapters[2]
- Saṃjñādhikāraḥ (Terminology)
- Parikarmavyahāraḥ (Arithmetical operations)
- Kalāsavarṇavyahāraḥ (Fractions)
- Prakīrṇakavyahāraḥ (Miscellaneous problems)
- Trairāśikavyavahāraḥ (Rule of three)
- Miśrakavyahāraḥ (Mixed problems)
- Kṣetragaṇitavyahāraḥ (Measurement of Areas)
- Khātavyahāraḥ (calculations regarding excavations)
- Chāyāvyahāraḥ (Calculations relating to shadows)
- Mahāvīrācārya 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.
