01-01-2004, 06:21 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-acharya+Nov 11 2003, 05:50 AM-->QUOTE(acharya @ Nov 11 2003, 05:50 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin--> http://www.pa.uky.edu/~ameya/pi.html
Ancient Sanskrit scholars "hid" many things behind normal
shlokas. One key to uncover the hidden meaning goes like:
kaadinava Taadinava paadipanchakam
yaadyashhtakah kshha shunyam
Now, apply this key to the following shloka:
gopibhaagyamadhuvraata
shringishodadhisandhiga
khalaajeevitakhaataava
galahaataarasandhara
What one obtains is the value of p / 10 correct to 31 places after the decimal point !
0.31415926Â 53589793Â 23846264Â 3383279
The implications of the above are mindboggling. Whereas the ancient Egyptians had a value of 3 for pi, the much later Greeks too did not go beyond the first two decimal places. But, they might be excused because they did not follow the decimal system. However, to know the value to 31 places Surely, the composer then knew about the concepts of irrational numbers... surely, the mathematician saw in pi something beyond its merely being the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle.. and how on earth does one compute the value of pi to 30+ places? The tragedy is that such masterpieces were hidden, requiring geniuses of like order to appreciate them. Were the ancient greats such egotists that they deemed it improper to educate simpler people? How long can such knowledge be sustained, if it is to be propagated only through rote repetition of "Holy" texts? No wonder, that a climate conducive to a pure quest for knowledge was never fostered ... <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Hi Acharya,
I applied the key and what I get doesn't look like an expansion for pi/10 !!
pi/10= 0.31415926 53589793 23846264 3383279
What I get is:
3143158426 523...
It seems to be incorrect in the fourth place itself. What is going on?
Ancient Sanskrit scholars "hid" many things behind normal
shlokas. One key to uncover the hidden meaning goes like:
kaadinava Taadinava paadipanchakam
yaadyashhtakah kshha shunyam
Now, apply this key to the following shloka:
gopibhaagyamadhuvraata
shringishodadhisandhiga
khalaajeevitakhaataava
galahaataarasandhara
What one obtains is the value of p / 10 correct to 31 places after the decimal point !
0.31415926Â 53589793Â 23846264Â 3383279
The implications of the above are mindboggling. Whereas the ancient Egyptians had a value of 3 for pi, the much later Greeks too did not go beyond the first two decimal places. But, they might be excused because they did not follow the decimal system. However, to know the value to 31 places Surely, the composer then knew about the concepts of irrational numbers... surely, the mathematician saw in pi something beyond its merely being the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle.. and how on earth does one compute the value of pi to 30+ places? The tragedy is that such masterpieces were hidden, requiring geniuses of like order to appreciate them. Were the ancient greats such egotists that they deemed it improper to educate simpler people? How long can such knowledge be sustained, if it is to be propagated only through rote repetition of "Holy" texts? No wonder, that a climate conducive to a pure quest for knowledge was never fostered ... <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Hi Acharya,
I applied the key and what I get doesn't look like an expansion for pi/10 !!
pi/10= 0.31415926 53589793 23846264 3383279
What I get is:
3143158426 523...
It seems to be incorrect in the fourth place itself. What is going on?