Ganita Bharati
Published in Association with Bulletin of The Indian Society for History of Mathematics
Current Volume: 45 (2023 )
ISSN: 0970-0307
Periodicity: Half-Yearly
Month(s) of Publication: June & December
Subject: Mathematics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/GB
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Meanings of savarnana in Indian Arithmetic
By : Taro Tokutake
Page No: 121-149
Abstract
In Indian mathematical texts the term savarnana “reduction to the same color” is usually found in the context of calculation for fractions. A number of explanations for the term have been offered in previous studies, but they slightly differ from each other. The Trisatibhasya is an anonymous commentary on Sridhara’s Trisati. In the present paper, I survey the meanings of savarnana in each text and the usage of it in the Trisatibhasya.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/GB.2021.43.2.2