The bhūtasaṃkhyā notation: numbers, culture, and language in Sanskrit mathematical literature
<p>A method of expressing numbers by means of symbolic words arranged as in place value notation was developed in India in the early centuries of the Common Era. In the bhūtasaṃkhyā notation, the digits from 0 to 9 are denoted by certain significant words that connote a numerical association d...
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Institute of Buddhist Studies and BDK America, Inc.
2017
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