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The sanskrit verse for the value of ‘pi’ « Hindu focus
- ”In order to help the pupil to memorize the material studied and assimilated, they made it a general rule of practice to write even the most technical and abstruse textbooks in sutras or in verse (which is so much easier-even for the children-to memorize). And this is why we find not only theological, philosophical, medical, astronomical, and other such treatises, but even huge dictionaries in Sanskrit verse!
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Here is an actual sutra of spiritual content, as well as secular mathematical significance.
gopi bhagya madhuvrata
srngiso dadhi sandhiga
khala jivita khatava
gala hala rasandara -
The translation is as follows:
O Lord anointed with the yogurt of the milkmaids’ worship (Krishna), O savior of the fallen, O master of Shiva, please protect me.
At the same time, by application of the consonant code given above, this verse directly yields the decimal equivalent of pi divided by 10:
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pi/10 = 0.31415926535897932384626433832792.
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Thus, while offering mantric praise to Godhead in devotion, by this method one can also add to memory significant secular truths.
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Friday, July 17, 2009
The sanskrit verse for the value of ‘pi’ « Hindu focus
