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Word-numeral means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)
Source: archive.org: Hindu MathematicsWord-numeral system (in Sanskrit bhūtasaṃkhyā) 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 are expressed by names of things, beings or concepts, which, naturally or in accordance with the teaching of the Śāstras, connote numbers.
The use of the word numerals in the Agni-purāṇa which was composed in the 4th century A.D. or earlier, shows that the word system of numerals must have become quite common in India at that time, the Purāṇas being works meant for the common folk. That it was a well developed system in the fourth century is also shown by its extensive use in the Sūrya-siddhānta and the Puliśa-siddhānta. Its invention consequently must be placed at least two centuries earlier. This would give us the period, 100 A.D. to 200 A.D., as the time of its invention. [...]
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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