The use of Bhūtasaṅkhyās in the Līlāvatī of Bhāskarācārya

Ramasubramanian, K.; Hayashi, Takao; Montelle, Clemency; Limaye, Medha Shrikant

doi:10.1007/978-981-13-6034-3_19

K. Ramasubramanian¹¹,
Takao Hayashi¹²,
Clemency Montelle¹³ &
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Medha Shrikant Limaye

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The Bhūtasaṅkhyā system is a method of expressing numerals with specific words in Sanskrit.

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Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
K. Ramasubramanian
(emeritus) Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan
Takao Hayashi
Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Clemency Montelle

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Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
K. Ramasubramanian
(emeritus) Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan
Takao Hayashi
Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
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Ramasubramanian, K., Hayashi, T., Montelle, C., Limaye, M.S. (2019). The use of Bhūtasaṅkhyās in the Līlāvatī of Bhāskarācārya. In: Ramasubramanian, K., Hayashi, T., Montelle, C. (eds) Bhāskara-prabhā. Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6034-3_19

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