Ganitatilaka (Sanskrit text and English introduction)

by H. R. Kapadia | 1937 | 49,274 words

Hinduism Ganitashastra Jainism

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Summary: The Sanskrit text of the Ganitatilaka with an English introduction and Appendices. Besides the critically-edited text, this edition also includes the commentary of Simhatilaka Suri. The Ganitatilaka is an 11th-century Indian mathematical text composed entirely of Sanskrit verses and authored by astronomer-mathematician Shripati. The text itself deals with Patiganita ("arithmetics") and procedural rules and sample problems.

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The full text of the Ganitatilaka (Sanskrit text and English introduction) in English is available here and publically accesible (free to read online). Of course, I would always recommend buying the book so you get the latest edition. You can see all this book’s content by visiting the pages in the below index:

Warning! This document has not been proofread. However, for each page you can (and should) verify the text with the original source PDF file.

. Part 1 - Introduction—Place of Mathematics in Jainism

. Part 2 - The Jaina works on Mathematics

. Part 3 - The ten types of Sankhyana

. Part 4 - Permutations and Combinations

. Part 5 - Typical problems

. Part 6 - Notational places (ankasthanas) in Jainism

. Part 7 - Place-value system of decimal notation

. Part 8 - The word-symbol notation

. Part 9 - Classifications of numbers

. Part 10 - The four types of numbers

. Part 11 - Odd and even powers

. Part 12 - Fourteen kinds of series

. Part 13 - The Human Population

. Part 13 - The human population

. Part 14 - Twenty-one kinds of numbers

. Part 15 - Different types of infinity

. Part 16 - Use of factors for Multiplication and Division

. Part 17 - Four kinds of Pramana (measure)

. Part 18 - Geometrical references in the Jaina canon

. Part 19 - Mensuration formulae

. Part 20 - Values of Pi according to the Jaina works

. Part 21 - The Jain concept of Rajju

. Part 22 - Applied mathematics

. Part 23 - Outlines of Ganitatilaka

. Part 24 - Kalasavarna (reduction to a simple fraction) and Vallisavarnana

. Part 25 - Miscellaneous problems involving the use of Fractions

. Part 26 - The concept of Anupata (Proportion)

. Part 27 - Sripati’s life and works

. Part 28 - Simhatilaka Suri

. Part 29 - Works referred to in Ganitatilaka-vritti

. Part 30 - Trishati and its author Shridhara

. Part 31 - Plan (structure of the book)

+ Sanskrit Text of the Ganitatilaka

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