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Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)

Source: archive.org: Hindu Mathematics

Ṣaṣṭhabhāga (षष्ठभाग) or Ṣaṣṭhāṃśa refers to the “sixth part” (i.e., one-sixth) in Bhinna (“fractions”) and Bhāga (“unit fractions”), 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.—In the Śulba, unit fractions are denoted by the use of a cardinal number with the term bhāga or aṃśa; [...]. The use of ordinal numbers with the term bhāga or aṃśa is also quite common, e.g., pañcama-bhāga (“fifth part”) is equivalent to one-fifth, and so on [e.g., ṣaṣṭhabhāga].

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Ṣaṣṭhabhāga (ಷಷ್ಠಭಾಗ):—[noun] (hist.) the sixth part of produce, income, etc. that one had to pay to the ruler as tax.

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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.

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Partial matches: Sashtha, Bhaga.

Full-text: Shashthamsha.

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