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# Indian Mathematics c8.16

Indian Mathematics c8.16

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### [c8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1915.c8.16)

Certain Greek terms are used, e.g., \*jāmitra\* (\*Gk.\* diámetron), \*kendra\* (\*Gk.\* kentron), \*trikoṇa\* (\*Gk.\* trigōnon), \*lipta\* (\*Gk.\* leptē), \*harija\* (\*Gk.\* ‘orízōn), \*dramma\* (\*Gk.\* drachmē), \*dīnāra\* (\*Gk.\* dēnārion), etc. Many of these terms, however, are borrowed from Indian astrological works which contain a considerable number of Greek terms such as \*Hṛidroga\* (\*Gk.\* (udrochoos) \*Pārthona\* (\*Gk.\* Parthénos), \*āpoklima\* (\*Gk.\* apóklima), etc., etc.

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