Vedic Mathematics : An Introduction

This post corresponds to the Public Session By Dev on 25th Jan, 2009.

The Origin

Born in the Vedic Age - There are sixteen Sutras and thirteen Sub-Sutras in the writings of "Atharva Vedas" the fourth Veda.

Atharva Veda deals with the branches like Engineering, Mathematics, sculpture, Medicine, and other sciences.

Rediscovered from the ancient Indian scriptures between by Sri Bharati Krishna Tirthaji (a scholar of Sanskrit, Mathematics, History and Philosophy)

Use

For each one of us : Time-saving; Calculations become faster

For the children : They only need to learn tables upto 9

For MBA and Economics students

Useful for those appearing for CAT (and other competitive exams) : To beat the competition by:

-Eliminating wrong answers using mental calculation

-Approximations in Data Interpretation

-Intelligent Guessing using Vedic Math