Anekavarnasamikarana, Anekavarna-samikarana, Anekavarṇasamīkaraṇa: 5 definitions

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In Hinduism

Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)

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Source: archive.org: Hindu Mathematics

Anekavarṇasamīkaraṇa (अनेकवर्णसमीकरण) refers to “equations in one unknown” and represents one of the classes of Samīkaraṇa (“equations”), according to the principles of Bījagaṇita (“algebra” or ‘science of calculation’), according to Gaṇita-śāstra, ancient Indian mathematics and astronomy.—Brahmagupta (628) in the Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta has classified equations as three classes [e.g., equations in several unknowns (anekavarṇasamīkaraṇa)] [...]. Pṛthūdakasvāmī (860) in his commentary on the Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta by Brahmagupta adopts four classes.

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Ganitashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, gaṇitaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science of mathematics, algebra, number theory, arithmetic, etc. Closely allied with astronomy, both were commonly taught and studied in universities, even since the 1st millennium BCE. Ganita-shastra also includes ritualistic math-books such as the Shulba-sutras.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

anēkavarṇasamīkaraṇa (अनेकवर्णसमीकरण).—n S Equation where there are two or more unknown quantities.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Anekavarṇasamīkaraṇa (अनेकवर्णसमीकरण):—[tatpurusha compound] n.

(-ṇam) (In Arithmetic.) Multi-literal equation, equation involving several unknown quantities, ‘where more than one unknown quantity represented severally by colours (equivalent to our x, y, z &c.) being premised, two sides are equated’. E. aneka-varṇa and samīkaraṇa.

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Anekavarnasamikarana in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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