At the beginning of the twentieth century, when there was a great interest in the Sanskrit texts in Europe, Bharati Krsna Swamiji tells us some scholars ridiculed certain texts which were headed 'Ganita Sutras'- which means mathematics. They could find no mathematics in the translation and dismissed the texts as rubbish. Bharati Krsna Swamiji, who was himself a scholar of Sanskrit, Mathematics, History and Philosophy, studied these texts and after lengthy and careful investigation was able to reconstruct the mathematics of the Vedas. According to his research all of mathematics is based on sixteen Sutras, or word-formulae.
Bharati Krsna wrote sixteen volumes expounding the Vedic system, which you can find in the book named Vedic Mathematics by Bharati Krsna Tirthaji. These sutras were unaccountably lost and when the loss was confirmed in his final years he wrote a single book: Vedic Mathematics, currently available. It was published in 1965, five years after his death. The term Vedic Mathematics now refers to a set of sixteen mathematical formulae or sutras and their corollaries derived from the Vedas.
You can find more details about Origin of Vedic Maths here at wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharati_Krishna_Tirtha's_Vedic_mathematics
Advantages and Benefits of Vedic Mathematics
Helps students to get rid of math phobia and improve grades
Helps students solve mathematical problems about 15 times faster. See how fast multiplication can be using the shortcut for multiplication
Helps in intelligent interpolation.
Reduces burden on the student as he/she has to know tables up to nine only.
Improves mental calculation.
Improves concentration as well as confidence.
Very simple, direct, totally unconventional, original and consummate
Once you are aware of the basics of Vedic Maths you can practice and make yourself a human calculator. Vedic Mathematics is magical.
Vedic Mathematics is the name given to the ancient system of Mathematics which was rediscovered from the Vedas between 1911 and 1918 by Sri Bharati Krsna Tirthaji (1884-1960). The aim of such sutra is to simplify the entire calculations and arithmetical operations.
Vedic Maths Course
There are 16 sutras in vedic mathematics as per Sri Bharati Krsna Tirthaji Maharaj. The below mentioned list of topics (course content) is how I look at it.
Vedic Addition
Vedic Subtraction
All from 9 and the last from 10
Various other methods
Multiplication (inclusive of mental multiplication)
"By one more than the previous one"
Multiplication by 9, 99, ( and so on), 11, 111, (and son on..)
Base method of multiplication and many more
Vertically and crosswise multiplications - criss-cross method
Part of Division (you will be amazed)
"Transpose and apply"
Special division cases
Squaring (it's so simple) : More than 10 different methods will be discussed for different cases
Squaring numbers ending in 5
Squaring any 2 digit number
Square root of perfect squares and imperfect squares.
Cubing(using things differently)
Cube Roots (by seeing only & not by working on it). Different methods for perfect cube and non-perfect cube
Dates and calendar
Magic Square
Special mathematical tricks and techniques
Application of vedic mathematics in trigonometry, geometry, algebra and calculus
Value (finding and remembering) of fractions
Checking the accuracy of different mathematical operations
Differential calculus
Solving an algebraic equation of one variable
"Transpose and adjust (the coefficient)"
Solving simultaneous equation and quadratic equation
"If the Samuccaya is the same (on both sides of the equation, then) that Samuccaya is (equal to) zero"
By the Paravartya rule
"If one is in ratio, the other one is zero."
Solving cubic equation
Solving fractional equation
"The ultimate (binomial) and twice the penultimate (binomial) (equals zero),"
Through www.QuickerMaths.com (QM) I'll try to cover all the above vedic maths related topics. Lot of other topics, techniques, shortcuts will be part of QM. Mathematical games, puzzles, riddles, etc. are also included to make every kid sharp.
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