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Elements Of Mathematics In Asthadasha Puranas-A Review

Author(s) Dr. Harish Kumar Sridhara
Country India
Abstract The Aṣṭādaśa Purāṇas (the eighteen major Purāṇas) were essentially religious and cultural documents, some of them preserved mathematical concepts within their cosmology, astronomy, ritualism, architecture and chronology. This work discusses the mathematics in Purāṇic literature, with an emphasis on large numbers, place value (in positional number systems), units of measure including a section on time and introductory level geometry. The Purāṇas use cosmological time scales that are readily understandable to laypersons, unlike new units of time, such as microseconds. The ideas of space are evident in the representations (images) of altars, temples, mandalas and celestial spaces and those of number/ratio in ritual operations that would have been implicit evocations or calculations. Astronomical mathematics: planetary motions and time cyclesAstronomical mathematics, such as the study of planetary motion through time and comprising cycles, also demonstrates the intertwining of celestial reason with mathematical thought. Through exploring correspondences with these mathematical items, the paper makes a case for the Purāṇas to work not just as theological and mythological texts but also vehicles of scientific and mathematical learning in early India. This kind of interdisciplinary study highlights that the Purāṇic literature contributed to the early Indian mathematical tradition and intellectual history.
Keywords : Aṣṭādaśa Purāṇas, Ancient Indian Mathematics, Purāṇic Cosmology, Large Numbers, Time Cycles (Yugas and Kalpas), Geometry, Astronomy, Measurement Systems, Ritual Mathematics, Indian Intellectual Tradition
Published In Volume 7, Issue 6, November-December 2025
Published On 2025-12-30
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i06.65067
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