Gaṇita-sāra-saṅgraha

Gaṇita-sāra-saṅgraha
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ReligionJainism
AuthorMāhāvīrācharya
LanguageSanskrit
Period9th century

Gaṇitasārasan̄graha (Compendium on the gist of Mathematics) is a mathematics text written by Māhāvīrācharya. It is first text completely written on mathematics with questions asked in it being completely different from one asked in previous texts composed in Indian subcontinent. In the 9th century, during Amoghavarsha's rule Mahaviracharya wrote Ganitsara sangraha which is the first textbook on arithmetic in present day. The book describes in details the current method of finding Lowest Common Multiple (LCM).

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