Vedic Mathematics

WHAT IS VEDIC MATHS

Vedic Mathematics is the name given to a supposedly ancient system of calculation which was "rediscovered" from the Vedas between 1911 and 1918 by Sri Bharati Krishna Tirthaji Maharaj (1884-1960). According to Tirthaji, all of Vedic mathematics is based on sixteen Sutras, or word-formulae.

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF LEARNING 

Benefits of Learning Vedic Maths

• Sharpens your mind, increases mental agility and intelligence.
• Acts as a tool for reducing finger counting and written work.
• Easy to remember & apply, create interest in student to learn math.
• Vedic Math is complementary to regular Math taught in schools.
• Students learning Vedic Math excel at school. Improved academic performance and instant results.
• Vedic Mathematics Tricks is very useful in the aptitude section of the competitive exam.

WHY NEW INDIA NEEDS TO LEARN VEDIC MATHS

One of the goals of the new National Education Policy is to restore and re-establish ‘Indian-ness’.
Vedic mathematics can prove to be an important instrument in this ‘rediscovery of India’.

"It is an era of competition today, both at national and international levels. In the entrance examinations for various higher education institutions, including IITs or IIMs, mathematical ability is measured. Two things are very important here for success: Speed, i.e., solving maximum questions in the minimum possible time, and accuracy. Vedic mathematics is unmatched in addressing them both. Besides, whether your answer is correct or not can also be verified by Vedic mathematics in a very simple and quick manner. Similarly, in various competitive examinations for jobs, Vedic mathematics can be of great benefit for solving the mathematical component. At the international level, for the school evaluation ‘Program for International Student Assessment’ (PISA) that measures mathematical ability apart from other components, India, by taking the recourse of Vedic mathematics, can show its prowess." -THE DAILY GUARDIAN

THE TRUTH

Thomas Babington Macaulay’s education policy (usually referred to as Macaulayism) was more a conspiracy than schooling with a purpose. Yet, not many would be aware of the dangerous intentions of well-known Orientalists such as Max Müller. In a letter dated 16 December 1868, he wrote to the English Duke of Argyll, then Secretary of the State for India in British Government, “India has been conquered once, but India must be conquered again, and this second conquest shall be a conquest of education.” Entrapped in their vicious cycle, gradually our countrymen and women were deprived of what was theirs, and slowly, became oblivious to our rich and glorious ancient knowledge. As of today, there are very few Indians who have knowledge about Vedic hymns which contain many mathematical principles. --THE DAILY GUARDIAN, Oct 3, 2020

RICH HISTORY OF US INDIANS

But what we call Vedic mathematics today is not limited to the Vedas alone. Swami Bharati Krishna Tirtha, the modern pioneer of Vedic mathematics, incorporates mathematical principles from Shulva-Sutras, Buddhist texts, Jain texts to Aryabhata, Varahamihira, Brahmagupta and modernday Ramanujan and Shakuntala Devi in it. Hence, it is also called Indian mathematics or Hindu mathematics or even ancient mathematics, it being the oldest. The antiquity of India’s mathematical progress should also be gauged from the fact that the world famous Greek Pythagoras theorem of the sixth century BCE had already been delineated by Baudhayan, in his Shulva-Sutras, several hundred years ago before Pythagoras.

WHAT IS THE RELEVANCE IN TODAY'S WORLD

Some sceptics may ask, even if we assume that Indian or Vedic mathematics is the most ancient, what is its practical value in current times? Such people must know that Vedic mathematics is relevant in the context of a new and changing India. In schools, generally, mathematics is considered to be complex, cumbersome and unexciting. However, very complicated calculations are possible, through Vedic mathematics, in a very simple way — its ease making it child’s play. For instance, while doing multiplication, kids are taught merely one method, multiplying from the right side. In Vedic mathematics, in addition to the right side, one can also multiply from the left. Not only that, crosswise and other methods of multiplication are also accessible by which complex calculations are possible in a very short period of time.