The Sanskrit term Kaniṣṭhapada can be transliterated into English as Kanisthapada or Kanishthapada, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)

Source: archive.org: Hindu Mathematics

Kaniṣṭhapada (कनिष्ठपद) or Kaniṣṭhamūla refers to the “lesser root”, according to the principles of Bījagaṇita (“algebra” or ‘science of calculation’), according to Gaṇita-śāstra, ancient Indian mathematics and astronomy.—According to Pṛthūdakasvāmī (860) in his commentary on the Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta by Brahmagupta (628): “Here are stated for ordinary use the terms which are well known to people. The number whose square, multiplied by an optional multiplier and then increased or decreased by another optional number, becomes capable of yielding a square-root, is designated by the term the lesser root (kaniṣṭhapada) or the first root (ādyamūla). [...]”.

Synonyms: Hrasvamūla, Hrasvapada.

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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

Kaniṣṭhapada (कनिष्ठपद).—the least or first root.

Derivable forms: kaniṣṭhapadam (कनिष्ठपदम्).

Kaniṣṭhapada is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kaniṣṭha and pada (पद). See also (synonyms): kaniṣṭhamūla.

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

Kaniṣṭhapada (कनिष्ठपद):—[=kaniṣṭha-pada] [from kaniṣṭha > kana] n. least root (that quantity of which the square multiplied by the given multiplicator and having the given addend added or subtrahend subtracted is capable of affording an exact square root), [Colebrooke]

[Sanskrit to German]

Kanishthapada 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Kanishtha, Pada, Pata.

Full-text: Kanishthamula, Kanishtha, Adyamula, Hrasvapada, Antyapada, Adya, Hrasvamula.

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