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→Word Numerals - Ancient Indian System of Representing Numbers
#The animals such as serpents, horse, elephants etc.
#The animals such as serpents, horse, elephants etc.
#The names of the devatas, such as Shiva, Indra, Surya and sometimes historical persons such as Manu, Rama (3) etc. [[File:Number knowledge - Balram.png|frameless|172x172px]] [[File:Number knowledge - Parashuram.png|frameless|160x160px]]
#The names of the devatas, such as Shiva, Indra, Surya and sometimes historical persons such as Manu, Rama (3) etc. [[File:Number knowledge - Balram.png|frameless|172x172px]] [[File:Number knowledge - Parashuram.png|frameless|160x160px]]
[[File:Number knowledge - Brahma.gif|right|frameless|179x179px]]
Thus, the Bhutasamkhya refers to the collection of set of ‘things’ denoted by that number. Our ancient mathematicians used these terms in their shlokas to mention the number they had in mind. Some numbers have multiple representations, such as
* Four 4 – Brahma (Chaturmukha) and Vedas (Chaturveda)
* 2 – Eyes, Ears, Twins, Shoulders
* 3 –
* 6 –
* 8 –
* 9 –
=== Bhutasankhya System of representing number ===
=== Bhutasankhya System of representing number ===
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