{"id":563,"date":"2013-09-27T18:37:47","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T18:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saralstudy.com\/blog\/?p=563"},"modified":"2020-10-04T15:01:41","modified_gmt":"2020-10-04T15:01:41","slug":"what-is-vedic-mathematics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saralstudy.com\/blog\/what-is-vedic-mathematics\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Vedic Mathematics?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vedic Mathematics is basically a list of mental calculations tricks and techniques that are constituted and compiled in the book of the same name written by Bharati Krishna Tirthaji, which was first published in 1965. According to the researches done by Bharati Krishna Tirthaji after having studied Vedas for several years, he came to a conclusion that mathematics is based on 16 sutras (word formulae) and all of these sutras describe the way a mind naturally functions. In current times Vedic Math is considered to be one of the best ways to direct the students mind towards achieving appropriate methods of solution in the shortest time possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saralstudy.com\/blog\/what-is-vedic-mathematics\/#History\" >History<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saralstudy.com\/blog\/what-is-vedic-mathematics\/#Content\" >Content<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saralstudy.com\/blog\/what-is-vedic-mathematics\/#Criticism\" >Criticism<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"History\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">History<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bharati Krishna Tirthaji after having formulated the concept of Vedic Mathematics started propagating it through lectures and classes years before the book was actually published. The book was actually written in 1957 during Tirthaji\u2019s trip to the United States. However Tirthaji passed away in 1960 and the typescript returned to India only to be published five years later in 1965.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Content\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Content<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As mentioned above the nook contains 16 sutras with each of them consisting of a list of mental calculation techniques, which are as follows,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0NAME \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 MEANING<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EkadhikenaPurvena\u00a0 &#8211; By one more than the previous one<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NikhilamNavatashcaramamDashatah &#8211; All from 9 and the last from 10<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Urdhva-Tiryagbyham &#8211; Vertically and crosswise<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paravartya Yojayet &#8211; Transpose and adjust<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ShunyamSaamyasamuccaye &#8211; When the sum is the same that sum is zero<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AnurupyeShunyamanyat &#8211; If one is in ratio, the other is zero<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sankalana-vyavakalanabhyam &#8211; By addition and by subtraction<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Purana Purana Byham &#8211; By the completion or non-completion<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chalana-Kalanabyham &#8211; Differences and Similarities<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yaavadunam &#8211; Whatever the extent of its deficiency<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vyashti Samastah &#8211; Part and Whole<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ShesanyankenaCharamena &#8211; The remainders by the last digit<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sopaantyadvayamantyam &#8211; The ultimate and twice the penultimate<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EkanyunenaPurvena &#8211; By one less than the previous one<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gunita Samuchaya &#8211; Product of the sum = to the sum of product<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gunakasamuchyah &#8211; Factors of the sum = to the sum of the factors<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Criticism\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Criticism<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the years the authenticity of the solutions of the book has been challenged over and over again. Although Tirthaji claimed to have deduced these sutras from the Vedas, none of these sutras were found to any extent of Vedic literature. However some professors and researchers believe that although none of these sutras were in the standard editions of the Parishishta, they might have occurred in Tirthaji Down Parishishta.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first of the editors of the book Prof. Vasudeva Saran Agrawala too has indicated the fact that these techniques in no way date back to the Vedic period. A similar conclusion has also been given S. G. Dani believes that all these techniques are not at all unique and that similar systems can be found in Lester Meyers&#8217;s book High-speed Mathematics that was published 10 years before Tirthaji had started writing his i.e. in 1947.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vedic Mathematics is basically a list of mental calculations tricks and techniques that are constituted and compiled in the book of the same name written by Bharati Krishna Tirthaji, which was first published in 1965. 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