From: Yash (yashk2000@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Jan 16 2002 - 08:51:16 MST
Everything:
When read literally, it's just a poem. But it's actually a mathematical
treatise with some problems and concepts described in verse (forget about
trying to make them rhyme in French without destroying the original poetical
meaning).
see Ifrah, pp 959 and 960:
"D'une touffe de fleurs de lotus,
Un tiers a été offert à Shiva,
Un cinquième à Vishnu,
Et un sixième à Sûrya.
Un quart a été présenté à Bhâvanî.
Les six fleurs restantes
Ont été données au vénérable précepteur.
Dis-moi vite quel était le nombre de fleurs."
In other words, find x where:
x - x/3 - x/4 - x/5 - x/6 - 6 = 0
x, being in the case of this piece of poetry, the total inital number of
flowers, which turns out to be 120.
It's easier to memorise verses that prose. That is the whole point. What
better way than to store something than to make it, on top of being a poem,
a prayer, because people are often advised to pray regularly and everyday.
Yash.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-virus@lucifer.com [mailto:owner-virus@lucifer.com]On Behalf
Of L' Ermit
[Mermaid 1] Bhaskaracharya and his works attracted a lot of interest and
were widely read when in the early 90s an Indian dancer called Chandralekha
performed a dance-drama ... Lilavati, a mathematical treatise written by
Bhaskara for his daughter of the same name.
Chandralekha performed all over the world and Lilavati was a beautiful
presentation of mathematics and art. Unfortunately, it is a live dance
performance. I doubt if there are any recordings of it.
[Hermit 2] I'm sure. Now what the fuck does this have to do with
<em>substantiating</em> Yash's latest brainwave?
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