Gaṇitādhyāya (English spelling)

Japanese: 《Gaṇitādhyāya》(英語表記)Ganitadhyaya
Gaṇitādhyāya (English spelling)

...Of these, Lilāvatī and Bījagaṇita deal with the two major branches of Indian mathematics, pāṭīgaṇita (mathematics using only known numbers) and bijaganita (mathematics using unknown numbers), respectively. In the narrow sense, the Siddhanta Shiromani consists of two parts related to astronomy: Gaṇitādhyāya, which focuses on calculating the positions of the planets, and Goladhyāya, which mainly discusses problems in spherical astronomy. [Michio Yano].

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Gaṇitādhyāya" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…そのうち《リーラーバティーLīlāvatī》と《ビージャガニタBījagaṇita》は,インド数学の二大分野であるパーティーガニタpāṭīgaṇita(既知数のみを用いる数学)とビージャガニタ(未知数を用いて行われる数学)をそれぞれ扱ったものである。狭義の《シッダーンタ・シローマニ》は天文学に関する二部,すなわち惑星の位置計算を主とする《ガニターディヤーヤGaṇitādhyāya》と球面天文学の問題を主として論ずる《ゴーラーディヤーヤGolādhyāya》とからなっている。【矢野 道雄】。…

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