Profile picture
, 7 tweets, 3 min read
My Authors
Read all threads
Vedic Names of Powers of Ten

VS = Vajasaneyi Samhita (SMH)
TS = Taittiriya SMH
KS1 = Kaathaka SMH 17.10
KS2 = Kaathaka SMH 39.6
MaitS = Maitraayanii SMH
PB = Panchavimsa Brahmana
JUB = Jaiminiya Upanishad Brahmana
SSS = Saankhyaana Srauta Sutra
Names of Decimal Places by Hindu mathematicians

AB = Aaryabhatiya
LP = Later Paulisiddhanta
PG = Patiganita
Tr = Trisatika
GT = Ganitatilaka
L = Lilavati
GK = Ganitakaumudi
Names of Decimal Places by the Buddhists

LV = Lalitavistara, chapter 12
AKB = bhashya (commentary) on Abhidhammakosha
Names of decimal places by the Jainas

AD = Annugaddaaraaaim 204/326
GSS = Ganitasaarasamgraha
Names of the powers of ten in the Ramayana

Lahole = Lahole edition, Yuddhakanda, sarga 4, 51-53
Baroda = Lahole edition, Yuddhakanda, sarga 4, extra verses
Bombay/Gorakhpur = Bombay/Gorakhpur edition, Yuddhakanda, sarga 4, 33-38
Names of decimal places in 11th century

Bhoja = Samaraangasutradhara 9.47cd-50ab
Biruni = al-Biruni’s ‘India’, trans Part 1, p 175
Ksirasvaamin = Amarakosodghaattana on Amarakosa 2.9.84cd
I thought of these powers of 10, when i saw today a newly discovered Buddha statue near Mardan (80 kms from Peshawar, Pakistan) being destroyed.

Near Mardan is a village called Bakhshali, wherein we have the oldest text from ~3-4thCE, in which we find the number “0”.

[end]
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh.

Keep Current with Keerthik Sasidharan

Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

Twitter may remove this content at anytime, convert it as a PDF, save and print for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video

1) Follow Thread Reader App on Twitter so you can easily mention us!

2) Go to a Twitter thread (series of Tweets by the same owner) and mention us with a keyword "unroll" @threadreaderapp unroll

You can practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @KS1729 see all

Profile picture
Keerthik Sasidharan
@KS1729
over the past few days I have been reading the great Colin Thubron's travels in China of 1985-86, just as it was opening up. It is a largely forgotten book about a lost in-between time -- a melancholic period after Mao's insanities but before McDonalds arrived.

Some excerpts.
1. A city of cycles
2. 'Flying Fairy Brand Fireworks'
Read 11 tweets
Profile picture
Keerthik Sasidharan
@KS1729
over the last few days, I’ve been thinking about covers of books that i have enjoyed/admire/learnt from. and so i asked, what do i take from the text, how did it make me see the world, and how can it be represented? so, i did some experiments.

a running thread. hopefully fun.
1. English, August by Upamanyu Chatterjee

the sly ennui that Agastya Sen experiences is overwhelming, but it slowly it seemed tome that beneath all that urban Indian cynicism is a slow recognition that India is a strange, strange place.

[photo from a Satyajit Ray film] Image
2. The Legends of Khasak | O. V. Vijayan

The master wrote a fable abt the borderlands of Kerala-TN; but inside it are tightly wound historic, erotic, & folk anxieties, coiled up as legends, that somehow stay in place, till one day they stop playing ball w/ history.

[my photo] Image
Read 15 tweets
Profile picture
Keerthik Sasidharan
@KS1729
a thread:

Satyajit Ray at work...

[all photos by Nemai Ghosh, who documented Ray for over thirty years]
1/
Read 11 tweets

Embed code for your website

×
Follow Us on Twitter!

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3.00/month or $30.00/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!