History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v1.c10.35

v1.c10.35

Nâgabala, 10 Nâgarî script, 39 Nâgârjuna, 2 Nahuta, 12 Naiṣadha-carita, 85 Nallino, 83 Nârada, 4 Nârâyaṇa, 13, 137, 152, 161, 162, 167, 168, 183, 184, 205, 240 Nau, F., 95 Nava, 13;—daśa, 15;—viṁśati, 15 Nava-râśika, 124 Neil, R.A., *see* Cowell Nikharva, 10, 13 Nîlakaṇṭha, 67, 170 Ninnahuta, 12 Nirabbuda, 12 Niravadya, 11 Niruddha, 195 Niṣka, 213, 214, 215, 216 Niyuta, 9, 10, 12 Notation, abjad, 89; decimal place-value, 3; difference from other, 27; epigraphic instances of decimal place-value, 40; Greek alphabetic, 50; places of, 12; scale of, 9 Numeral, ghobâr, 89, 90, 91, 93, 94; Hieratic and Demotic, 28; Hindu, 38; Kharoṣṭhî and Semitic, 28 Numeral notation, 1; Brâhmî, 25; earliest, 19; in spoken language, 13; Kharoṣṭhî, 21; terminology, 9 Numerical, Aśokan—figures, 37; development of symbolism, 16