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INDIAN MATHEMATICS.
Certain Greek terms are used, e.g., jāmitra (Gk. diámetron), kendra (Gk. kentron), trikona (Gk. trigonon), lipta (Gk. leptē), harija (Gk. ' orízōn), dramma (Gk. drachmē), dīnāra (Gk. dēnārion), etc. Many of these terms, however, are borrowed from Indian astrological works which contain a considerable number of Greek terms such as Hridroga (Gk. (udrochoos) Pārthona (Gk. Parthénos), āpoklima (Gk. apóklima), etc., etc.
The curious may compare pārśva 'a rib,' 'side' with the Greek pleura; koti which primarily means a claw or horn but is used for the perpendicular side of a triangle, with kāthetos; jātya which means 'legitimate,' 'genuine,' but is used to denote a right-angled triangle with orthogōnia; and so on.
