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JAIN Contribution
Mathematics
Circumference of a circle = VIO x diameter area of a circle= 1/4 X circumference X diameter formulae gives Vio as the value of IT
- Tattvärtha-Sutra (150 AD)
The Jains required very large numbers for their
measurements of space and time. one purva = 70,560,000,000,000 years one Shirsha Prahelika = (8,400,000) 28 purvas
This number contains 194 digits. The introduction of such large numbers led Jains to the conception of innumerable & infinity.
