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 Intellectual information! Amazing indeed!  🙏🙏 Arjuna’s Arrows and Algebra! Bhāskarāchārya (1114 -1185 CE), has been called the greatest mathematician of medieval India. He was born in Karnataka, and is considered the progenitor of Differential Calculus - 500 years before Newton and Leibniz! Bhāskarāchārya wrote at least four mathematical treatises in Sanskrit. One of them, titled Leelavati, contains many algebra-related teasers, which have become the subject of significant research by scholars. These teasers are in the form of shlokas which pose the problems. The shlokas need to be interpreted correctly to decipher the meaning in order to find the solution. Take a look at the shloka displayed below.  पार्थ: कर्णवधाय मार्गणगणं क्रुद्धो रणे संदधे  तस्यार्धेन निवार्य तच्छरगणं मूलैश्चतुभिर्हयान् | शल्यं षड्भिरथेषुभिस्त्रिभिरपि च्छत्रं ध्वजं कार्मुकम्  चिच्छेदास्य शिरः शरेण कति ते यानर्जुनः संदधे || ७६ || The direct meaning of this shloka is a question formulated ...

  शङ्कर - भगवत्पादाचार्य - स्तुति:  Sri śaṅkara-bhagavatpādācārya-stavam by HH Sri Bharati Teertha Mahaswamigal  मुदा करेण पुस्तकं दधानमीशरूपिणं तथाऽपरेण मुद्रिकां नमत्तमोविनाशिनीम् । कुसुम्भवाससावृतं विभूतिभासिफालकं नताऽघनाशने रतं नमामि शङ्करं गुरुम् ॥ १ mudhaa kareṇa pusthakaṃ da dh aanam eeśharoopiṇaṃ ta th ā’pareṇa mudrikaaṃ namatthamo vinaaśhineem ; kusum bh a vaasa saavṛthaṃ vi bh oothi bh aasi ph aalakaṃ nathaa’ gh a   naaśane rathaṃ namaami śaṅkaraṃ gurum . 1 முதா ³ கரேண புஸ்தகம் ʼ த ³ தா ⁴ னமீஶரூபிணம் ʼ ததா ²( அ ) பரேண முத் ³ ரிகாம் ʼ நமத்தமோவிநாஶினீம் . குஸும்ப ⁴ வாஸஸாவ்ரு ʼ தம் ʼ விபூ ⁴ திபா ⁴ ஸிபா ² லகம் ʼ நதாக ⁴ நாஶனே ரதம் ʼ நமாமி ஶங்கரம் ʼ கு ³ ரும் .. 1.. पराशरात्मजप्रियं पवित्रितक्षमातलं पुराणसारवेदिनं सनन्दनादिसेवितम् । प्रसन्नवक्त्रपङ्कजं प्रपन्नलोकरक्षकं प्रकाशिताद्वितीयतत्त्वमाश्रयामि देशिकम् ॥ २ Parāśarāth majapriyaṃ pavitritakṣa maathalaṃ puraaṇa saara vedhinaṃ sanandanaadhi sevitham ; prasanna vakthra paṅka...