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By: kishore

kishore — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 11:39:24 +0000

hi friend i want this matter in hindi languBrahmagupta, whose father was Jisnugupta, wrote important works on mathematics and astronomy. In particular he wrote Brahmasphutasiddhanta (The Opening of the Universe), in 628. The work was written in 25 chapters and Brahmagupta tells us in the text that he wrote it at Bhillamala which today is the city of Bhinmal. This was the capital of the lands ruled by the Gurjara dynasty.

Brahmagupta became the head of the astronomical observatory at Ujjain which was the foremost mathematical centre of ancient India at this time. Outstanding mathematicians such as Varahamihira had worked there and built up a strong school of mathematical astronomy.

In addition to the Brahmasphutasiddhanta Brahmagupta wrote a second work on mathematics and astronomy which is the Khandakhadyaka written in 665 when he was 67 years old. We look below at some of the remarkable ideas which Brahmagupta’s two treatises contain. First let us give an overview of their contents.

The Brahmasphutasiddhanta contains twenty-five chapters but the first ten of these chapters seem to form what many historians believe was a first version of Brahmagupta’s work and some manuscripts exist which contain only these chapters. These ten chapters are arranged in topics which are typical of Indian mathematical astronomy texts of the period. The topics covered are: mean longitudes of the planets; true longitudes of the planets; the three problems of diurnal rotation; lunar eclipses; solar eclipses; risings and settings; the moon’s crescent; the moon’s shadow; conjunctions of the planets with each other; and conjunctions of the planets with the fixed stars.

The remaining fifteen chapters seem to form a second work which is major addendum to the original treatise. The chapters are: examination of previous treatises on astronomy; on mathematics; additions to chapter 1; additions to chapter 2; additions to chapter 3; additions to chapter 4 and 5; additions to chapter 7; on algebra; on the gnomon; on meters; on the sphere; on instruments; summary of contents; versified tables.

Brahmagupta’s understanding of the number systems went far beyond that of others of the period. In the Brahmasphutasiddhanta he defined zero as the result of subtracting a number from itself. He gave some properties as follows:-

When zero is added to a number or subtracted from a number, the number remains unchanged; and a number multiplied by zero becomes zero.

He also gives arithmetical rules in terms of fortunes (positive numbers) and debts (negative numbers):-

A debt minus zero is a debt.
A fortune minus zero is a fortune.
Zero minus zero is a zero.
A debt subtracted from zero is a fortune.
A fortune subtracted from zero is a debt.
The product of zero multiplied by a debt or fortune is zero.
The product of zero multipliedby zero is zero.
The product or quotient of two fortunes is one fortune.
The product or quotient of two debts is one fortune.
The product or quotient of a debt and a fortune is a debt.
The product or quotient of a fortune and a debt is a debt.

Brahmagupta then tried to extend arithmetic to include division by zero:-

Positive or negative numbers when divided by zero is a fraction the zero as denominator.
Zero divided by negative or positive numbers is either zero or is expressed as a fraction with zero as numerator and the finite quantity as denominator.
Zero divided by zero is zero.

Really Brahmagupta is saying very little when he suggests that n divided by zero is n/0. He is certainly wrong when he then claims that zero divided by zero is zero. However it is a brilliant attempt to extend arithmetic to negative numbers and zero.
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By: kishore

kishore — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 11:37:41 +0000

Brahmagupta, whose father was Jisnugupta, wrote important works on mathematics and astronomy. In particular he wrote Brahmasphutasiddhanta (The Opening of the Universe), in 628. The work was written in 25 chapters and Brahmagupta tells us in the text that he wrote it at Bhillamala which today is the city of Bhinmal. This was the capital of the lands ruled by the Gurjara dynasty.

When zero is added to a number or subtracted from a number, the number remains unchanged; and a number multiplied by zero becomes zero.

He also gives arithmetical rules in terms of fortunes (positive numbers) and debts (negative numbers):-

Brahmagupta then tried to extend arithmetic to include division by zero:-

By: Nitin Kumar

Nitin Kumar — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:18:26 +0000

Hello Friends
I m developing a website.I developed a website for my client in English
But now my client wants me to develop this site in Hindi or any other regional language.Can u help me how to do the same
Thanks

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By: Ashish

Ashish — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 06:33:24 +0000

Thanks Abhijit for your inputs.
By generic name, all I mean is a name which is easy to remember (and type).
As of now, I still don’t remember the exact spelling of Paaahijen (doesn’t come out naturally:((..
I agree there are names which were not generic, but got picked up – a few indian startups include ixigo,onyomo,ibibo etc..
Anyways, I look forward to more stuff from you guys!
-Ashish

By: Abhijit

Abhijit — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:27:27 +0000

Hi,

I am one of the guys involved in paahijen. Let me say something about the name ‘paahijen’.

On one hand I might be tempted to agree with you that the name should be generic, but on the other hand, we kind of kept it like that, to allow it to become a generic word eventually. In hindsight, the name doesnt look an aweful choice. Just as an example I can think of a few names of startups that don’t have a generic names, but thats still alright I guess. eg. what would you make out of ‘zenter’? ‘kijiji’ or for that matter ‘yahoo’ and ‘google’. It’s only when the word becomes widely used, people start finding it obvious or generic.

If you are confused ‘cos of its marathi meaning, thats just to explain what the word means, nothing beyond that.. and certainly we are not marathi centric.

Thanks for your review though. As there is more on paahijen, we’d keep you posted.

Feedback/brickbats most welcome.

-abhijit

By: Ashish Sinha

Ashish Sinha — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:26:15 +0000

Thanks for the info Prashant and Ravi!
KeyTrans looks like a cool idea- though I wish they had exposed more such services..
iit.edu too is quite a neat product, but I am a little hesitant with their disclaimer!

By: Prashant

Prashant — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:57:29 +0000

there is one more early stage startup in this area by name of Tensor Technologies [http://www.t6india.com ]. Tensor is being incubated at IIT Delhi . I have seen their stuff . they have a array of interesting projects .
like

KeyTrans : A Web Based Hindi Translation tool
http://www.t6india.com/keytrans/index.htm
Meghdoot : a Tool for hindi SMS .

i use Key trans very often . today reading your post i was excited to check out these new tools .
but after examining these two tools “Paahijen” and one from iit.edu i can safely say that by far Key Trans is best .

for example when you say something in CAPITAL letter . key trans can handle it and give right result but rest of the two services can’t do it .
i tried for a simple sentence “MERA NAAM PRASHANT HAI ” you can check for your self .

actually it seems that rest of the two tools are just a look up table based thingy and they haven’t handled the exception of “CAPITAL ” letters . something similar was done by Web Duniya few year back . but UI is good in both of them , well it seems one can’t have every thing .

By: Arun

Arun — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:50:13 +0000

Nice post..! and I completely agree with you on the domain name too – this is not at all a usable name..and its okay if this is just a timepass project for these guys.. But it they are serious, they better change it before it’s too late!

Nice product, pretty simple and easy to use.

By: Sri

Sri — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:47:54 +0000

I see a growing trend with use of local flavor along with local language, I still have my reservations on JuxtConsult reports, when many people are flocking in, there is no point i see it going down.

I feel there is tremendous potential and its always worth to be noted with Local Language than the global language

check this: http://quillpad.com/

By: Ravi Venkatraman

Ravi Venkatraman — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:30:44 +0000

Another notable tool is Indian Language Converter,
http://www.iit.edu/~laksvij/language/index.html

This tool is available for free and can be incorporated in any website under GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE.

We use this on our site to create Serach interface to search the web using Google API.
In addition, hi.shunya.in uses it in their comments section of their blog.

Ravi Venkatraman
http://www.??????.com (www.xn--j2bd4cyah0f.com)