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Nirukta (Sanskrit etymology)

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Kuṭṭīkāra (कुट्टीकार) [as well as kuṭṭa, kuṭṭaka and kuṭṭākāra] 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)

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Kuṭṭīkāra (कुट्टीकार) 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.

Mahāvīra has once stated that, according to the learned, kuṭṭīkāra is another name for “the operation of prakṣepaka (lit., throwing, scattering, implying division into parts). In fact, his writing led his translator to interpret kuṭṭīkāra as “proportionate division”, “a special kind of division or distribution”.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Kutti, Kara.

Full-text: Kuttakara, Kutta, Kuttaka, Prakshepaka, Kuttana.

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