Vimshamsha, 痴颈峁兣浤佱箖艣补, Vimsha-amsha: 3 definitions
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Vimshamsha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term 痴颈峁兣浤佱箖艣补 can be transliterated into English as Vimsamsa or Vimshamsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)
: archive.org: Hindu Mathematics痴颈峁兣浤佱箖艣补 (啶掂た啶傕ざ啶距啶�) or Vi峁兣沘产丑腻驳补 refers to 鈥渢wenty-parts鈥� (i.e., one-twentieth) in Bhinna (鈥渇ractions鈥�) and Bh膩ga (鈥渦nit fractions鈥�), which refers to one of the twenty operations (logistics) of 辫腻峁玤补峁噄迟补 (鈥渟cience of calculation which requires the use of writing material鈥攖he board鈥�), according to P峁泃hudakasv膩m墨鈥檚 commentary on the Br膩hmasphu峁璦siddh膩nta by Brahmagupta, a Sanskrit treatise on ancient Indian mathematics (驳补峁噄迟补-艣腻蝉迟谤补) and astronomy from the 7th century.鈥擨n the 艢ulba, unit fractions are denoted by the use of a cardinal number with the term 产丑腻驳补 or 补峁兣沘; [...]. The use of ordinal numbers with the term 产丑腻驳补 or 补峁兣沘 is also quite common, e.g., pa帽cama-产丑腻驳补 (鈥渇ifth part鈥�) is equivalent to one-fifth, and so on [e.g., 惫颈峁兣浤佱箖艣补].
Ganita (啶椸ぃ啶苦い) or Ganitashastra refers to the ancient Indian science of mathematics, algebra, number theory, arithmetic, etc. Closely allied with astronomy, both were commonly taught and studied in universities, even since the 1st millennium BCE. Ganita-shastra also includes ritualistic math-books such as the Shulba-sutras.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary痴颈峁兣浤佱箖艣补 (啶掂た啶傕ざ啶距啶�).鈥擺masculine] the twentieth [particle]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary痴颈峁兣浤佱箖艣补 (啶掂た啶傕ざ啶距啶�):鈥擺from vi峁兣沘 > vi峁兣沘ti] m. the 20th part, [Hem膩dri鈥檚 Caturvarga-cint膩ma峁噄]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Vimsha, Amsha.
Full-text: Vimshabhaga.
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