Vedic Maths: Any Takers ?

    Have any of you ever come across these amazing techniques ? The origin of these date back to 1500-900BC when these techniques were put down as Sutras or Aphorisms in the Hindu Texts known as the Vedas. The Vedas, are ancient Indian Texts containing thousands of years of amassed knowledge and human experiences. The Vedas came in a total of 4 parts, out of which Rig Veda - the earliest one was probably written around 2500-2000BC. Till date this text is considered to be the oldest written text in the world. The Vedas consisted of a total of FOUR parts, namely, Rig Veda, Yajur Veda, Sama Veda & Atharva Veda (in chronological order).



    Anyways, thousands of years ago, the Vedic mathematicians mastered the art of mathematics and came up with various theses and dissertations. Today it is widely accepted that these treaties laid down the foundations of algebra, algorithm, square roots, cube roots, various methods of calculation, and the concept of zero.




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Nice one!! I have a book on this stuff where u can find cube's, cube roots of numbers orally very quickly. Out here we have a lot of entrance tests that demand you to be quick, so its wildly popular in India. But mind you it's not easy and needs a lot of practice to master.

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Whoa, m^e, this is awesome!!! I used to have some of my own little systems for doing simple math, but a lot of them relied on using my fingers, which sometimes was difficult cause I could only go up to 9. But these Vedic Mathematic systems are fabulous, and I'd never heard of them before.

It's actually surprising how people forget how much we owe to Arabic culture for things that are now considered 'common knowledge'. After the collapse of the Roman Empire, when most of Europe lapsed into disarray, with many of the libraries and institutions of learning razed by invaders, the Arabs had a thriving intellectual community and preserved things such as Greek classics which would have otherwise been lost. When Europe recovered, and resumed trade with her neighbours again, all this knowledge was passed on and assimilated into European culture. (Pardon my sweeping generalizations here. I'm too tired to research this to double check, so I'm just going by what I can remember.)

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Umm....Vedic maths is Indian....not Arabian.

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Oops, my bad. Perhaps I shall amend my previous statement to say "non-European", since the same principles apply. That's what I get for posting while sleepy. Anyways, this is what I was thinking of before:

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Since you quoted the stuff about Algebra - did you know that the word Algorithm actually came from this very same guys name ???

Al-Khwarizmi == Algorithm : do you see the similarity now ??

This is great fun.. I've got some more cool stuff about maths to share with you guys. Later

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m^e

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Let me say first that Vedic mathematics is derived as already stated from the Vedas which are the religious texts of the Hindus. To credit the Arabs with much of the mathematical discoveries is a blunder. The Arabs themselves called 'Math' as 'Hindse' which means 'from India'!! It is from Vedic mathematics that we get the concept of '0' without which i doubt math and science would have gone much far.

Secondly Vedic mathematics was NOT formed in around 1500 B.C., that is the sort of stuff said by the same people who discredit the Vedics with their mathematical achievements and its part of the Imperialist propaganda during Britain's rule over India. The Vedas, as ample proof now dictates, were written around 12000 B.C (yes, that early) and Vedic mathematics was written then. Apart from that for millenia the Vedas were transferred orally, they were only written in that period, known for much longer.

In 1879, a team of French and British mathematicians visited a Vedic mathematician in India who solved many problems in his mind quicker than they could buy punching numbers in their calculators. A bewildered French mathematician asked "Is this magic??!!" to which the reply was that "It is magic till u do not understand it, after that it is pure math"

I have personally tried 4 of the 16 Sutras of Vedic Math and they are awesome to say the least. Mind, the easier it is to solve problems by Vedic methods, the tougher it is to learn the methods in the first place, one needs immense practice, but once u master it, numbers are nothing but toys, really!!

To people interested i could name the Vedic mathematics book i studied, i borrowed it from a friend and i forget the name of the author and the publisher but i can get it if required.

 

 

 

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I'm interested in this Vedics Maths, infact it could solve numerous problems I encounter, so any information related to this, books that anyone recommends, I'm all ears.

I am not sure if this was taken from Vedic, but multiplications of 11 times any two digits can be worked out quite easily.

say 11 x 34 = 374

How we get this is we add the 2 digits together and this forms the middle digit for the 10s place. Not maths just an e.g. 3 ( 3 + 4 ) 4.

But what happens when we have numbers that add to more than 10?, simple, we increase our hundreds place by the amount of 10s we have e.g.

say 11 x 79 = 869

7 (7 + 9) 9 = 7 (16) 9 = 8 (6) 9

This could be Vedics, but I am uncertain of how I came about this. There are other methods I have been taught to work out maths quickly, but explaining it is hard.


Cheers,


MC

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VEDIC FANATIC
Vedic Maths: Any Takers ?

Hi, my name is Prateek Bist and I'm quite interested in the vedas itself. I have been practising things like Yoga and Kung fu for quite some time now. Actually, I want to make a point come to every one's notice how these things are related to the Vedas. The Vedas are the ancient Indian religious texts and therefore, Vedic Maths is also born out of a religious parctice itself. Ancient Indian Rishis (wise men) who used to spend almost whole of their lives in intense mediation, paid very-very important notice to time, measurement, geometrical figures, angles etc. To plan out their religious rituals and so a definite system of mathematics was an essential need for them and they had to invent this mind-boggling system for their use. A question that must have rose up in many of you is "How did they invent so precise and amazing system of techniques far better than today's comprehensive system?". Actually, as I told you they were life-long practitioners of meditation and so their way and method of thinking was far more superior than any one today. Remember, I am not trying to challenge today's comprehensive mathematics, but I know even you must have transpired the power of Vedic Mathematics over regular maths. Now, let me take you into a few of other secrets of the Vedic texts. Firstly, the ancient Rishis evolved a system of peg or decoding to learn some complex formulae. They used to recite and learn complex sanskrit mantras. So, by learning these long and complex mantras, first of all they evolved an amazing power of memory and secondly they learned the various mathematical formulae hidden under the canopy of these mantras. When these mantras were decoded, they brought about certain mathematical formulae used for performing lightning speed calculations. Let me give you an example :- Here are the twenty items that you Will have to memorize in sequence in a short Time. Carpet, paper, bottle, bed, fish, chair, window, telephone, Cigarette, nail, typewriter, shoe, microphone, pen, television set, Plate, donut, car, coffee pot, and brick. Now, try to recite these words in the exact order without looking at them. Well, you couldn't get all of them at first, did you? So, I'll teach you now, what I call the Link Method of memory. I've told you that the Rishis used to recite the mantras, well, this method is derived from there only. This is called the link method where you are going to mentally link one object to another and learn them in the exact order. Watch out :- Don't be alarmed! It is child's play; as a matter of fact it Is almost like a game. The first thing you have to do is to get a picture of the First item, "carpet," in your mind. You all know what a Carpet is—so just "see" it in your mind's eye. Don't just see The word, "carpet," but actually, for a second, see either any Carpet, or, a carpet that is in your own home and is therefore Familiar to you. I have already told you that this is the Link Method in which you will link one object to another . You are going To do that right now, and the items themselves will serve As the things you already remember. The thing that you Now know or already remember is the item, "carpet." The New thing, the thing you want to remember will be the Second item, "paper." Now then, here is your first and most important step Towards your trained memory. You must now associate or Link carpet to, or with, paper. The association must be as Ridiculous as possible. For example, you might picture the Carpet in your home made out of paper. See yourself walking On it, and actually hearing the paper crinkle under foot. You can picture yourself writing something on a carpet Instead of paper. Either one of these is a ridiculous picture Or association. A sheet of paper lying on a carpet would not Make a good association. It is too logical! Your mental picture Must be ridiculous or illogical. Take my word for the Fact that if your association is a logical one, you will not Remember it.Close your eyes for a second; that Might make it easier to see the picture, at first. As soon as You see it, stop thinking about it and go on to your next Step. The thing you now already know or remember is, "paper," therefore the next step is to associate or Link, Paper to the next item on the list, which is, "bottle." At this Point, you pay no attention to "carpet" any longer. Make An entirely new ridiculous mental picture with, or between Bottle and paper. You might see yourself reading a gigantic Bottle instead of a paper, or writing on a gigantic bottle Instead of on paper. Or, you might picture a bottle pouring Paper out of its mouth instead of liquid; or a bottle made Out of paper instead of glass. Pick the association which You think is most ridiculous and see it in your mind's eye For a moment. I cannot stress, too much, the necessity of actually seeing This picture in your mind's eye, and making the mental Image as ridiculous as possible. You are not, however, to Stop and think for fifteen minutes to find the most illogical Association; the first ridiculous one that comes to mind is Usually the best to use. I'll give you two or more ways in Which you might form your pictures with each pair of the Twenty items. You are to pick the one that you think is Most ridiculous, or one that you've thought of yourself, And use that one association only. We have already linked carpet to paper, and then paper To bottle. We now come to the next item which is, "bed." You must make a ridiculous association between bottle and Bed. A bottle lying on a bed, or anything like that would be Too logical. So you might picture yourself sleeping in a large Bottle instead of a bed, or you might see yourself taking a Snort from a bed instead of a bottle. (I can get pretty ridiculous.) See either of these pictures in your mind for a moment, Then stop thinking of it.You realize, of course, that we are always associating the Previous object to the present object. Since we have just Used, "bed"; this is the previous, or the thing we already Know and remember. The present object, or the new thing That we want to remember, is "fish." So—make a ridiculous Association or link between bed and fish. You could "see" a Giant fish sleeping in your bed; or a bed made out of a gigantic Fish. See the picture you think is most ridiculous. Now—"fish" and "chair"—see the gigantic fish sitting on A chair, or a large fish being used as a chair. Or, you're Catching chairs instead of fish while fishing. Chair and Window—See yourself sitting on a pane of Glass (which gives you a pain) instead of a chair. Or, you Might see yourself violently throwing chairs through a Closed window. See the picture before going on to the next One. Window and Telephone—See yourself answering the Phone, but when you put it to your ear, it's not a phone You're holding, but a window. Or, you might see your window as a large telephone dial, and you have to lift the dial To look out the window. You could see yourself sticking Your hand through a window pane in order to pick up the Phone. See the picture you think is most ridiculous, for a Moment. Telephone and Cigarette—You're smoking a telephone Instead of a cigarette; or you're holding a large cigarette to Your ear and talking into it instead of a telephone. Or, you Might see yourself picking up the phone and a million cigarettes Fly out of the mouthpiece and hit you in the face. Cigarette and Nail—You're smoking a nail; or hammering A lit cigarette into the wall instead of a nail. Nail and Typewriter—You're hammering a gigantic nail Right through a typewriter, or all the keys on your typewriter Are nails and they're pricking your fingertips as you Type- Typewriter and Shoe—See yourself wearing typewriters Instead of shoes, or you're typing with your shoes. You Might want to see a large shoe with keys and you're typing On that. Shoe and Microphone—You're wearing microphones instead Of shoes, or, you're broadcasting into a large shoe. Microphone and Pen—You're writing with a microphone Instead of a pen, or you're broadcasting and talking into a Giant pen. Pen and Television set—You could "see" a million pens Gushing out of the television screen, or pens performing on Television, or there is a screen on a gigantic pen and you're (I can't resist this pun) watch-ink a television show on it. Television set and Plate—Picture your television screen As one of your kitchen plates, or see yourself eating out of The television set instead of out of a plate, or—you're eating Out of a plate, and seeing a television show in the plate While you eat. Plate and Donut—"See" yourself biting into a donut, But it cracks in your mouth for it's a plate. Or, picture being Served dinner in a gigantic donut instead of a plate. Donut and Automobile—You can "see" a large donut Driving an automobile; or, see yourself driving a gigantic Donut instead of a car. Automobile and Coffee Pot—A large coffee pot is driving A car, or you're driving a gigantic coffee pot instead of a Car. You might picture your car on your stove, with coffee Perking in it. Coffee Pot and Brick—See yourself pouring steaming Coffee from a brick instead of a coffee pot, or "see" bricks Pouring from the spout of a coffee pot instead of coffee. That's it! If you have actually "seen" these mental pictures In your mind's eye, you will have no trouble remembering The twenty items in sequence, from "carpet" to "brick." Of course, it takes many times the length of time To explain this than to simply do it. Each mental association Must be seen for just the smallest fraction of a second, Before going on to the next one. Let's see now if you have remembered all the items. If You were to "see" a carpet, what would that bring to mind Immediately? Why, paper, of course. You saw yourself Writing on a carpet, instead of paper. Now, paper brings Bottle to mind, because you saw a bottle made of paper. You saw yourself sleeping in a gigantic bottle instead of a Bed; the bed had a gigantic fish sleeping on it; you were Fishing, and catching chairs and you were flinging chairs Through your closed window. Try it! You will see that you Will go right through all the items without missing or forgetting Any of them. Fantastic?? Unbelievable?? Yes! But, as you can see, Entirely plausible and possible. Why not try making your own list of objects and memorizing them in the way that You have just learned. Now, you see the simplicity of this. This is how Vedic Maths was orally transmitted. Secondly, I would also like to say that Vedic Maths has its pure origin in India and don't roam around telling anyone that the vedic maths or the concept of some special figures such as zero is Arabic. It really hurts on being an Indian and listening to such stupidity. Also, due to my researches, I have also transpired the truth of myths regarding Indian Inventions like Accupressure is originally Indian (although accupuncture is not) and not chinese. If any one has any questions regarding things like levitation, supernatural powers, ki energy, mantras, martial arts secrets, Vedas etc. Feel free to contact me and I will share with you my utmost important secrets I have been hiding from the most. Well, I have basically tried to quote upon Vedic Maths and its related myths and importance. If you want to contact me, my e-mail ID is princeoftennis@rediffmail.Com Write the subject as "I WANT INFO" WELL WISHES ON YOUR MATHEMATICS PERFORMANCE. -reply by Prateek Bist

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Vedic Maths
Vedic Maths: Any Takers ?

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