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The title of the book, Vedic Mathematics or Sixteen Simple Mathematical Formulae from the Vedas, written by Jagadguru Svāmī Śrī Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrthajī Mahārāja, Śaṅkarācārya of Govardhana Matha, Puri, bears the impression that it deals with the mathematics contained in the Vedas—Ṛgveda, Sāmaveda, Yajurveda and Atharvaveda. This indeed is not the case, as the book deals not with Vedic Mathematics but with modern elementary mathematics up to the Intermediate standard. In his Foreword to Swamiji’s book, V. S. Agrawala, the editor, writes.
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Kolachana, A., Mahesh, K., Ramasubramanian, K. (2019). Vedic Mathematics: The deceptive title of Swamiji’s book. In: Kolachana, A., Mahesh, K., Ramasubramanian, K. (eds) Studies in Indian Mathematics and Astronomy. Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7326-8_35
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