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Nirukta (Sanskrit etymology)

Source: archive.org: Hindu Mathematics (etymology)

Kuṭṭākāra (कुट्टाकार) [as well as kuṭṭa, kuṭṭaka and kuṭṭīkāra] are all derived from the root kuṭṭ “to crush”, “to grind”, “to pulverise” and hence etymologically they mean the act or process of “breaking”, “grinding”, “pulverising” as well as an instrument for that, that is, “grinder”, “pulveriser”.

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Nirukta (निरुक्त) or “etymology” refers to the linguistic analysis of the Sanskrit language. This branch studies the interpretation of common and ancient words and explains them in their proper context. Nirukta is one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas.

Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)

Source: archive.org: Hindu Mathematics

Kuṭṭākāra (कुट्टाकार) is another name for Kuṭṭaka (“indeterminate analysis of the first degree”), according to the principles of Bījagaṇita (“algebra” or ‘science of calculation’), according to Gaṇita-śāstra, ancient Indian mathematics and astronomy.—The subject of indeterminate analysis of the first degree is generally called by the Hindus kuṭṭaka, kuṭṭākāra, kuṭṭīkāra or simply kuṭṭa. The names kuṭṭākāra and kuṭṭa occur as early as the Mahābhāskarīya of Bhāskara I (522). In the commentary of the Āryabhaṭīya by this writer we find the terms kuṭṭaka and kuṭṭākāra. Brahmagupta has used kuṭṭaka, kuṭṭākāra, and kuṭṭa. Mahāvīra, it appears, had a preferential liking for the name kuṭṭīkāra.

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

Kuṭṭākāra (कुट्टाकार):—[from kuṭṭa > kuṭṭ] m. Name of the mathematical operation relative to a multiplier called kuṭṭa [commentator or commentary] on [Āryabhaṭa]

[Sanskrit to German]

Kuttakara 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: Akara, Kutta.

Starts with: Kuttakarana, Kuttakarashiromani.

Full-text: Kutta, Kuttikara, Kuttaka, Kuttana.

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