Key Sanskrit / Technical Vocabulary
From Līlāvatī, taught by Acharya T Krishnatrey. This lesson is free to read.
<pre data-block="glossary">लीला :: līlā — play — the spirit of the book पाटीगणित :: pāṭīgaṇita — board-arithmetic (computation on a dust-board) खहर :: khahara — a quantity with zero as divisor (division by zero, taken as infinite) त्रैराशिक :: trairāśika — the rule of three (proportion) मिश्रक :: miśraka — mixtures (interest, partnership, alligation) श्रेढी :: śreḍhī — a series / progression क्षेत्र :: kṣetra — a plane figure; kṣetra-vyavahāra = mensuration कुट्टक :: kuṭṭaka — the "pulverizer" — indeterminate (Diophantine) equations अङ्कपाश :: aṅkapāśa — the "net of digits" — permutations & combinations भुजा · कोटि · कर्ण :: bhujā · koṭi · karṇa — base, upright, hypotenuse (Pythagoras)</pre>