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Was the Archimedes Principle known in India earlier? Any texts which describe it earlier?
Just as the Pythagoras Theorem is formulated in Baudhayana Sutras, was the Archimedes Principle also formulated in any texts?
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Meaning of Sat and Asat in the Vedic context?
The Nāsadīya Sūktam is as follows:
नास॑दासी॒न्नो सदा॑सीत्त॒दानी॒म् नासी॒द्रजो॒ नो व्यो॑मा प॒रो यत् ।
किमाव॑रीव॒: कुह॒ कस्य॒ शर्म॒न्नंभ॒: किमा॑सी॒द्गह॑नं गभी॒रम् ॥
It tells us that there was neither ...
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A specific number which represents Vishnu based on Scriptural sources
Is there an abstract numerical number directly representing or connecting with Vishnu as per scripture, please don't say an answer like Dashavatar unless it says the number 10 of the dashavatara ...
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Who is Samvartsara, the deity of Mathematics?
Some times ago, In this question, i have learned that Prajapati made Samvartsara as the lord of mathemathics.
I'm want to know about this deity, so my question is, Who is Samvartsara and What is his ...
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Any reference for this particular mantra performed during the Ashvamedha?
According to Wikipedia, the mantra (sacred recitation) at the end of the annahoma ("food-oblation rite") performed during the aśvamedha and uttered just before-, during-, and just after ...
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Name of pi in indian mathematics
What name did Aryabhata and Bhaskara or Madhava gave to the well known number pi (of approximate value 3.14159)? How was it referred to?
Or was it given a long description as the " ratio of arc ...
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Is there a devanagari or Hindu numerology / gematria?
Searching for devanagari numerology, you find stuff like this which hints at a system. But is there a system, for mapping numbers to the devanagari/sanskrit characters/sounds in Hinduism anywhere to ...
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What are the Mathematical Algorithms/Formulas behind hindu Sunrise and Sunset Calculations? [closed]
There are differences between Astronomical Sunrise/Sunset calculation and Hindu Sunrise/Sunset calculations. The astronomical algorithms to calculate the sunrise/sunset can be found over the internet. ...
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How does Panchang predict agricultural conditions?
There are research papers which mention that panchangs are more accurate than IMD in terms of climate prediction. Moreover, I read that there are multiple predictions possible, over and above rainfall ...
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Is there any mention of Swastika in Vedic mathematics? [closed]
Is Swastika possibly a physics or mathematics symbol, like ohm or pi?
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Rig Veda as the origin of modern numerical system
Rig Veda presents complete set of modern numerals
ekam
dvi
tri
catur
panc
sasti
Sapt
asta
navam
dash
ekadash
dvadash
.....etc leading to sahastra (1000).
Yet modern scholars hold that the ...
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Is there any god / deity for the mathematics?
"An equation for me has no meaning, unless it expresses a thought of God."
Famous mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan was a very religious person. So much that, despite having health issues in ...
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Why did the Vaisheshika school believe 100 quadrillion is the largest number?
As I discuss in this question, by far the most popular school of Hindu philosophy is the Vedanta school. But there are five other Astika or orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy: Purva Mimamsa, Samkhya,...
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How much of Vedic Mathematics is related to Veda?
As a mathematics student, I know that Vedic mathematics is elementary level mathematics and mainly consists of some calculation techniques.
How much of it is related to Vedas? In which Veda can it be ...
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What are the early sources of combinatorics in Hindu scripture?
My understanding is that some of the earliest references to applied combinatorics come from Vedic sources, for instance the Ayurvedic medical treatises of Charaka and Sushruta.
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Does Govardhana Mutt accept the authenticity of Bharati Krishna Tirthaji's "Vedic Mathematics"?
"Vedic Mathematics" is a book by Bharati Krishna Tirthaji, who served as the Shankaracharya of Sringeri Mutt from 1921-1925, and as the Shankaracharya of Govardhana Mutt from 1925 until his death in ...
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How Vedas treat mathematics?
Is there a formal study to find how Vedas treated mathematics? I am interested to know; have we understood all the mathematics in Vedas by now? Does Vedas covers has all the present topics of ...
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Please Explain The Number 108
Why is 108 significant in Hinduism? What is the scientific/mathematic/spiritual/religious significance?
We are told to aim for 108 reps of Surya Namaskar (I'm on 69 reps a day, LOL)
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Knowledge of divisibility of numbers in the Vedas - Shatapatha Brahmana
This article mentions an excerpt from A.L. Basham's book A Cultural History of India. The excerpt goes on to give a lot of examples about mathematics in the Vedas. I am mentioning the relevant part
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Is Tower of Brahma mentioned in any Hindu text?
Tower of Brahma, is a mathematical puzzle which describes the concept of recursion. Does this originate in a Hindu text? If yes, please also mention the original text of the puzzle.
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Was value of pi really defined in a sloka?
Recently, I watched a video in which the author claims that there is a sloka in praise of Lord Krishna which results in the value of "pi" up to 30 decimal places, in the katapayadi system. Here is the ...
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Did the science of mathematics begin with the Vedas?
The History of Hindu Mathematics (Bibhutibhushan Datta and Avadesh Narayan Singh) vol.1 p.1:
The earliest works available, the Vedas (c. 3,000 B.C. or probably
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Golden ratio in hinduism
Christianity talks of the golden ratio. I have read about it from the Da Vinci Code. Is there anything similar to the golden ratio in Hinduism?
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