पाटीगणित (श्रीधराचार्य - प्राचीन संस्कृत टीका एवं प्रो. कृपाशंकर शुक्ल सविस्तार व्याख्या)

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Here:
Left has 4 quantities, right has 4 quantities (or 3 and 4).
Wait, look at the top of the right column:
Is that:
४
४
२?
And the top of left column:
५
४
७
०?
Wait, let's look at the numbers in the first table:
Let's look at the glyphs:
Right column:
Top: ४
Middle: ४
Bottom: ८ (or २?)
Wait, look at the bottom of the right column: it has a loop at the top, curve down: it's a Devanagari digit:
Wait, is it २? Or ८?
In Devanagari, ८ is written like a curve (like an inverted English 2 or similar). In the second table, the bottom digit of the right column is ८!
Look at the bottom digit of right column in second table: it's ८!
In the first table, the bottom digit of right column is: wait, it has a loop:
Wait, look at the two columns of the first table:
Wait, are there small numbers at the top?
Ah, look at the top:
There are small numbers:
Wait, cancellation marks! (अपवर्तन!)
YES! In Indian arithmetic manuscripts and printed books, when they reduce fractions/terms (अपवर्तन), they cross out or write the reduced numbers above or beside!
Look at the two vertical bars (cancellation marks