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When we pursue happiness, it eludes you. However, when you recognise that happiness is the natural state of the soul, all you need is to eliminate all that comes between your happiness and you.
The ancient science of Vedic mathematics may well give
calculators a run for their money
Does your mind wobble when confronted by a mathematical challenge more
forbidding than two plus two? Do you dream of becoming the kind of person
who can rattle off answers to the most complicated sums in the fraction
of a second? If the answer is yes, you need Vedic mathematics.
Try this for size. What's the square of 65? Simple: just multiply the
first digit, 6, with its successor, 7. The answer is 42. Now find the
square of the second digit, five, which is 25. Now bring the two together.
Bingo, the answer is 4225! Don't believe it? Try it out with any two digit
odd number divisible by five.
The law behind this apparent magic is the nikhilam sutra,
one of the sutras or formulae that compose Vedic mathematics. These
sutras were part of the parisista (appendix) of the Atharva Veda.
"Our Vedas are the original source of knowledge. Vedic mathematics,"
says Dr Narendra Chaudhury, "is one such source." A geology professor
at Nagpur University in western India, Chaudhury turned to Vedic mathematics
after attending a conference organized by the Einstein Foundation in 1984.
Introduction to Vedic mathematics is like entering Alice's wonderland,
where logic is turned on its head. Division is by a process of multiplication
and addition, and multiplication is done by cross-subtraction. Nothing
makes sense, but everything works. And the simplicity of the approach
exposes top-heavy processes of our logic-driven world.
Unlike conventional mathematics, Vedic mathematics is not linear.
Here, it would be as easy to multiply 432567 with 754352 as it would be
to multiply four into five. This is because the processes are governed
by an internal relationship between numbers rather than by external methods
of conventional mathematics. Another distinguishing characteristic of
Vedic mathematics is its holistic approach. Numbers are not separated
from their philosophical and spiritual contexts. Number one stands for
the Absolute, and therefore it cannot be subtracted or divided. Two represents
unmanifest nature and three manifest nature. Four is associated with the
world of mind and feeling. Number five represents ether and has the quality
of sound. Six is air and possesses the quality of touch. Fire is at seven
and water at eight. Finally, nine is represented by earth. Such an intimate
relationship between numbers and the elements of the universe creates
a unified body of knowledge that is far easier to follow than the fragmentary
western way. To keep things simple, Vedic mathematics constantly
reiterates that there are only nine numbers and a nought, and everything
else derives from these.
Vedic mathematics, as it is found today, was formulated by the
late Bharti Kishan Tirthaji, the Shankaracharya of Puri, a seaside temple
town in the eastern Indian state of Orissa. He introduced 32 sutras through
a study of the ancient texts, coupled with an insight into the nature
of numbers. There are 16 main sutras and 16 sub-sutras. Application of
the sutras depends on the problem: Vedic mathematics provides more
than a way of solving a problem-the easiest is the best. Chaudhury rues
the general ignorance shrouding Vedicmathematics. "The
main reason," he says, "is the low awareness and the lack of an efficient
faculty. Nobody will appreciate it unless the topic is made interesting."
To make Vedicmathematics more accessible, it is necessary
for the subject to be included in school curricula. Making learning fun
is an oft-voiced concern. The means lie in ancient wisdom—which is
ours to use or throw!
Addition 6932+1803+3331=1206 This can be cross-checked
in the following manner: i) 6+9+3+2=20=2(2+0) ii) 1+8+0+3=12=3(1+2)
iii) 3+3+3+1=10=1(1+0) iv) 2+3+1=6 v) 1+2+0+6+6=15=6(1+5)
Steps (iv) and (v) contain the same digit and that is 6. So the solution is accurate.
Vertical
and Crosswise Multiplication The conventional method of multiplying
24 into 36 would go like this: 24 x36 144 72_ 864 The
Vedic method will work out the sum thus: 24 is the multiplicand and
36 is the multiplier Step 1Vertical multiplication
Multiply the left-most of the multiplicand, in this case 2 24 with the leftmost
digit of the multiplier, in this case 3 x36 So, 2x3=6 6 Step
2Crosswise multiplication Multiply the first digit of the
multiplicand, in this case 2 with the second digit of the multiplier, in this
case 6 So, 2x6=12 Now, multiply the second digit of the multiplicand, in this
case 4 with the first digit of the multiplier, in this case 3 So, 4x3=12 Add
the two products: 12+12 =24 24 Place the second digit of the total next to the
result of x36 step 1 and carry 2 to the next line 64 2 Step 3Vertical multiplication Multiply the right-hand digits multiplicand
and 24 multiplier. 4x6=24 x 36 Place 4 at the right hand most of the answer
644 and carry 2 to the next line + 22 Final result: 864
