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Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)

Source: archive.org: Hindu Mathematics

Ghanapada (घनपद) is another name for Ghanamūla (“cube-root”), 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.—The Hindu terms for the cube- root are ghanamūla, ghanapada.

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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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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

ghanapada (घनपद).—n S ghanamūla n S The cube-root.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

ghanapada (घनपद).—n The cube-root.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

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

1) Ghanapada (घनपद):—[=ghana-pada] [from ghana] a n. the cube root, [Horace H. Wilson]

2) [v.s. ...] b water, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ghanapada (घनपद)—the cube root.

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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: Pada, Ghana, Pata.

Starts with: Ghanapadavi.

Full-text: Pada, Sodhya, Ghanamula.

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