History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v1.c8.s1.15

v1.c8.s1.15

**Exposition and Teaching.** In India conciseness of composition, especially in scientific matters, was highly prized. The more compact and brief the composition, the greater was its value in the eyes of the learned. It is for this reason that the Indian treatises contain only a brief statement of the known formulæ and results, sometimes so concisely expressed as to be hardly understandable. This compactness is more pronounced in the older works; for instance, the exposition in the *Āryabhaṭîya* is more compact than in the later works.