The Sanskrit term Bhāgamātṛ can be transliterated into English as Bhagamatr or Bhagamatri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)

Source: archive.org: Hindu Mathematics

Bhāgamātṛ (भागमातृ) refers to one of the six classes (jāti) of combinations of Bhinna (“fractions”), which refers to one of the twenty operations (logistics) of pāṭīgaṇita (“science of calculation which requires the use of writing material—the board”), according to Pṛthudakasvāmī’s commentary on the Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta by Brahmagupta, a Sanskrit treatise on ancient Indian mathematics (gaṇita-śāstra) and astronomy from the 7th century.—Hindu treatises contain special rules for the reduction of classes [of numbers] (jāti) to proper fractions (bhinna). Śrīdhara and Mahāvīra each enumerate six jātis [e.g., Bhāgamātṛ], while Brahmagupta gives only five and Bhāskara II following Skandasena reduces the number to four. The need for the division of fractions into classes arose out of the lack of proper symbolism to indicate mathematical operations. Mahāvīra remarks that there can be twenty-six variations of Bhāgamātṛ.

Example of bhāgamātṛ by Mahāvīra in the Gaṇitasārasaṃgraha: “What is the result when half, one-fourth of one-fourth, one divided by one-third, half plus half of itself, and one-third diminished by half of itself, are added together?”.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bhāgamātṛ (भागमातृ).—f. (in alg.) a particular rule of division.

Bhāgamātṛ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bhāga and mātṛ (मातृ).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bhāgamātṛ (भागमातृ):—[=bhāga-mātṛ] [from bhāga] f. (in [algebra]) a [particular] rule of division.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Bhaga, Matri.

Full-text: Bhinna, Jati.

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