Tirtha claimed that no part of advanced mathematics is beyond his book and asserted that studying it for few hours every day for a year equated to spending 2 decades in any education system to become professionally trained in mathematics
Rejected as compendium of few tricks
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Tirtha claimed that they were not included in the standard editions but only in a hitherto-undiscovered version of Parishishta of a standard edition of the Atharvaveda
He wrote the book in 1957
First Published 1965
Republished 1975 and 1978 to correct typographical errors
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Many called it dubious
Few appreciated
Dani believes Krishna Tirtha's methods are results of his academic training in mathematics and long recorded habit of experimentation with numbers
he was impressed with the work
Book Included in school syllabus of MP & UP in 2017
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He was inspired from Vedas and derived mathematics sutras
But like recently @yogrishiramdev's #Coronil it was also rejected by suit-boot researchers those could not digest that how a monk can do some research
His book is now widely appreciated & published after 1990 many times.
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Thread on Calculation of time as per Surya Sidhant 🌞
Surya Sidhant is ancient science of Astronomy which is kept by Sun himself, was described to Maya by Partakes of Sun's nature after his penance for enquiring about this in the end of Krita Yuga
It was compiled many times 1/n
Types of time two
1. Continues and endless - destroyes all animate and inanimate things (cause of creation and preservation)
2. Can be Known - Two types
MURTA (measurable) begins with Prana=4 seconds
AMURTA (immeasurable)begins with Truti=1/33750th part of second
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6 Prana = Pala
6 Pala = Ghatika
60 Ghatika = Nakshatra Ahoratra (a side real Day and Night)
Months:-
30 Nakshatra Ahoratra = Nakshatra Masa
30 Savana Day(terrestrial day from sun-rise to sun-rise) = Savana month