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Ganita Shastra (गणितशास्त्रम्) (view source)
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Ganita shastra (Samskrit: गणितशास्त्रम्) or Ganita (गणितम्) means the science of calculation which is an equivalent name for the term mathematics. This ancient term occurs copiously in Vedic literature. Vedanga Jyotisha by Lagadha gives it the highest place of honour among the sciences which form the Vedanga. <blockquote>यथा शिखा मयूराणां नागानां मणयो यथा । तद्वद्वेदाङ्गशास्राणां ज्योतिषं (गणितं) मूर्धनि स्थितम् ॥ १९ ॥ (Veda. Jyot. 4)<ref name=":0">B.B. Datta and A. N. Singh (1962) ''History of Hindu Mathematics, A Source Book, Parts 1 and 2.'' Bombay: Asia Publishing House. (Page 7)</ref></blockquote><blockquote>yathā śikhā mayūrāṇāṁ nāgānāṁ maṇayo yathā । tadvadvedāṅgaśāsrāṇāṁ jyotiṣaṁ (gaṇitaṁ) mūrdhani sthitam ॥ 19 ॥</blockquote>As the crests on the heads of peacocks, as the gems on the hoods of the snakes (cobras), so is astronomy (mathematics) is at the highest position of vedanga shastras (which are the [[Shad Vedangas (षड्वेदाङ्गानि)|Shad Vedangas]] or the six ancillary branches of knowledge).<ref name=":0" />
Ganita shastra (Samskrit: गणितशास्त्रम्) or Ganita (गणितम्) means the science of calculation which is an equivalent name for the term mathematics. This ancient term occurs copiously in Vedic literature. Vedanga Jyotisha by Lagadha gives it the highest place of honour among the sciences which form the Vedanga. <blockquote>यथा शिखा मयूराणां नागानां मणयो यथा । तद्वद्वेदाङ्गशास्राणां ज्योतिषं (गणितं) मूर्धनि स्थितम् ॥ १९ ॥ (Veda. Jyot. 4)<ref name=":0">B.B. Datta and A. N. Singh (1962) ''History of Hindu Mathematics, A Source Book, Parts 1 and 2.'' Bombay: Asia Publishing House. (Page 7)</ref></blockquote><blockquote>yathā śikhā mayūrāṇāṁ nāgānāṁ maṇayo yathā । tadvadvedāṅgaśāsrāṇāṁ jyotiṣaṁ (gaṇitaṁ) mūrdhani sthitam ॥ 19 ॥</blockquote>As the crests on the heads of peacocks, as the gems on the hoods of the snakes (cobras), so is astronomy (mathematics) is at the highest position of vedanga shastras (which are the [[Shad Vedangas (षड्वेदाङ्गानि)|Shad Vedangas]] or the six ancillary branches of knowledge).<ref name=":0" />
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