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as well as in the Spanish works. Fibonacci (1202 A.D.) used the arc as in 678 935 784 105 296. Recorde (c. 1542) used a bar (virgula) for separating the figures as in 230/864/089/015/340. Greenwood (1729 A.D.) represented the number, as in 1, 234, 567,25 4. Concluding Remark
Through this paper we have come to remark that Nemicandra has desplayed his authority of handling numbers by various methods throughout his works. About expression of numbers, his lore is as deep as ocean. His works should be important to the historians of Indian Mathematics, as they supply informations about various methods to express numbers.
Abbreviations : GJK Gommatasāra (Jivakānda). GKK Gommatsāra (Karmakānda). TLS Triloksāra LDS Labdhisāra (Ksapanāsāra Garbhita) JK Jivakanda KK Karmakand LWM Leftward Move RWM Rightward Move N.B.: The serial number of gātha is written throughout the paper before JK,
KK or TLS into the box.
Acknowledgement
The author is highly thankful to Dr. Anupam Jain, Asst. Prof., Department of Mathematics, Govt. Autonomous Holkar Science College, Indore for guidance and suggestions on improvement of this paper. Obligation is also due to Kundakunda Jnānapitha, Indore.
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