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Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)

Source: archive.org: Hindu Mathematics

Himagu (हिमगु) represents the number 1 (one) in the “word-numeral system” (bhūtasaṃkhyā), which was used in Sanskrit texts dealing with astronomy, mathematics, metrics, as well as in the dates of inscriptions and manuscripts in ancient Indian literature.—A system of expressing numbers by means of words arranged as in the place-value notation was developed and perfected in India in the early centuries of the Christian era. In this system the numerals [e.g., 1—himagu] are expressed by names of things, beings or concepts, which, naturally or in accordance with the teaching of the Śāstras, connote numbers.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Himagu (हिमगु).—the moon.

Derivable forms: himaguḥ (हिमगुः).

Himagu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms hima and gu (गु).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Himagu (हिमगु).—m.

(-guḥ) The moon.

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

Himagu (हिमगु):—[=hima-gu] [from hima > him] m. ‘cold-rayed’, the moon, [Varāha-mihira]

[Sanskrit to German]

Himagu 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Himagu (ಹಿಮಗು):—

1) [noun] = ಹಿಮ [hima]2 - 2.

2) [noun] a milky-white, translucent feldspar with a pearly luster, used as a gem (supposed to be formed from the congelation of the mooṇs rays and to dissolve under the influence of its light); the moonstone.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Gu, Hima.

Ends with: Bhimagu.

Full-text: Himakaropala.

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