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could find an exposition of the representational pursuits.
The very object of the present paper is to explore numbers and methods of their representation found in the GJK, GKK and TLS. 2. Observation and Analysis
There were various methods to write numbers in the ancient and medieval India viz. by name of objects, by name of alphabets, with and without denomination, by abbreviation etc. In this way, there also exists the specific move to write them.
अंकानां वामतो गति:
This statement means that numerals move to left for ascertaining their numerical meaning. It is available from the early vedic and Jaina times. It is still to be decided unanimously why numerals move to left. In this context we find the mythalogical solution through the story of Sundari Devi's learning from her father Bhagavāna Rsabhadeva in the 'Siri Bhūvalaya' of Kumudendu of the eighth century.
The number expressed from the smallest denomination to the highest denomination comes under the LWM and the converse comes under the RWM.
It is momentous to note that the RWM was under practice in the Greek alphabetic system (Third century B.C.) of numerals. Jinabhadra Gani (575 A.D.) also used this move. Virasena (816 A.D.) has expressed numbers through the LWM, the RWM and the mixed style. Nemicandra has also adopted both the moves and the mixed style.
The classification of methods is as follows. 2.1 Numbers in Metric Scale Notation -
From the very earliest known times ten has formed the basis of numeration in India. But this is extensively used in the whole of Sanskrit literature. [5] Nemicandra also used this scale in his Prakrit works.
LWM 375 quult TRYIT HT46*11 (608 KK)
= Eight-fifty seven hundred seven thousand
= 7758 RWM 355lfegur 37G46RT U gerafd a quunf (351 JK)
= Eight crores one lac eight thousand one hundered five - seventy = 80108175
The composer of the Satkhandāgama (1-2 C. A.D.) also used toquun
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