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2021
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- doi: 10.18732/hssa67
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counting Jaina school of Indian mathematics measure number reckoning unitySimilar subjects
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Dipak Jadhav, « Jaina Thoughts on Unity Not Being a Number », History of Science in South Asia, ID : 10.18732/hssa67
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Abstract
At one time, the Jainas in India and the Greeks in abroad held that unity was not a number. This paper provides an insight for the first time into the thoughts offered by the Jainas as to why unity was not a number for them.