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existence. Also due to the caste system in India, Mathematics in India was cultivated almost entirely by the priests. While in Greece, mathematics was open to anyone who wanted to study the subject.
(ii) The achievements of Hindu astronomy are impressive, but these became subservient to some extent to astrology. After the invention of the telescope, western astronomy moved repidly forward. However, most of our calculations are still based on Surya Siddhanta. We have to update our ancient calculation algorithms in the light of modern developments in observational and theoratical astronomy.
(iii) Indian astronomy did not get as much recognition abroad as it should have, partly because of prejudices of foreigners and partly because of the vagueness of its predictions and lack of sufficient efforts to explain these lucidly.
(iv) Efforts were not made to study the development of mathematics and astronomy in ancient Babylonia, Egypt, China, Arabia, etc. to find out the interaction between India and other civilizations.
(v) It may be noted that we have not included sixteen sutra and thirteen sūtra ascribed by Swami Bharti Krishna Tirtha to vedas. According to Swami ji form these sutras the answer to every question can be obtained in one line only. This is because of the fact that there is absolutely no evidence of these sūtras being part of Vedas or having influence on later development of mathematics in India or in the world.
Received: 29.03.11
प्राकृत विद्या
पागद favor प्राकृत विद्या
प्राकृत, अपभ्रंश आदि भाषाओं की त्रैमासिक शोध पत्रिका
प्रो. वीरसागर जैन
: श्री सुरेशचन्द्र जैन अध्यक्ष
कुन्दकुन्द भारती ट्रस्ट
18-बी, स्पेशल इंस्टीट्यूशनल एरिया, महरौली
नई दिल्ली- 110067
सम्पादक
प्रकाशक
अर्हत् वचन, 23 (3), 2011
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