gaṇita

Dictionary meanings for gaṇita from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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gaṇita

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

p. p. [gaṇ-kta] 1 Counted, numbered, calculated.

2 Regarded, cared for &c.; see gaṇ. taṃ 1 Reckon- ing, calculating.

2 The science of computation, mathematics; (it comprises pāṭīgaṇita or vyaktagaṇita ‘arithmetic’, bījagaṇita, ‘algebra’, and rekhāgaṇita ‘geometry’); gaṇitamatha kalāṃ vaiśikīṃ hastiśikṣāṃ jñātvā Mk. 1. 4.

3 The sum of a progression.

4 A sum (in general).

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