Ganitashastra, Gaṇitaśāstra, Ganita-shastra: 3 definitions

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Ganitashastra means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Gaṇitaśāstra can be transliterated into English as Ganitasastra or Ganitashastra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

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1) Gaṇitaśāstra (गणितशास्त्र) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Oppert. Ii, 5183.
—by Śrī Rājāditya (?). Taylor. 1, 329.

2) Gaṇitaśāstra (गणितशास्त्र):—by Vīrācārya. [Mackenzie Collection] 160.

3) Gaṇitaśāstra (गणितशास्त्र):—by Rājāditya. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 21 (Gaṇitaśāstravyavahāra).

4) Gaṇitaśāstra (गणितशास्त्र):—by Mallaya. Hz. 551.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Gaṇitaśāstra (गणितशास्त्र):—[=gaṇita-śāstra] [from gaṇita > gaṇ] n. the book or science of computation, [Horace H. Wilson]

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

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Gaṇitaśāstra (ಗಣಿತಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ):—[noun] the group of sciences (including arithmetic, geometry, algebra, calculus, etc.) dealing with quantities, magnitudes, and forms, and their relationships, attributes, etc., by the use of numbers and symbols; mathematics.

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus
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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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