Exactly! 

The part … 'Tu as l'excellence dite par les nombres des âges de quatre sortes :

Noir aux yeux rouges, Blanc aux yeux noirs ‘ is crucial for understanding ‘sūnya’ as a part of mathematical counting. 

In Tamil, it goes like this: 

… எண் நவிற்றும் சிறப்பினை 

Thanks and Regards,

rajam 

On Jul 25, 2022, at 9:48 PM, Anurupa Naik <anurupa.n@ifpindia.org> wrote:

If I'm not mistaken, you're referring to this part from Prof Gros' French translation of Paripatal published by the French Institute:

75 Sans souffrir deux ombres, les trois fois sept mondes
C'est Toi qui les protèges sous une ombre unique.
Le néant, le quart, la moitié, un
Deux, trois, quatre, cinq
Six, sept, huit, neuf :
80 Tu as l'excellence dite par les nombres des âges de quatre sortes :
Noir aux yeux rouges, Blanc aux yeux noirs [...]

(Le Paripāṭal. Texte tamoul. Introduction, traduction et notes par François Gros, PIFI n°35, IFP, 1968, p. 16)

Thank you,
Anurupa
IFP

On 26-07-2022 02:52, rajam via INDOLOGY wrote:

For whatever its worth … I’m tempted to provide some information from the Tamil paripāṭal (பரிபாடல் : 3) where I see a mathematical counting starting from ’sūnya’ / ‘zero’. 

This poem, paripāṭal (பரிபாடல் : 3), is dedicated to tirumāl (திருமால், Vishnu).

Here, the numbers are counted as: pāḻ (பாழ், meaning ’nothing solid/concrete/meaningful…’), kāl (கால், one quarter, 1/4),  pāku (பாகு, one half, 1/2), oṉṟu (ஒன்று, one), iraṇṭu (இரண்டு, two), mūṉṟu (மூன்று, three), nāṉku (நான்கு, four), aiṉtu (ஐந்து, five), āṟu (ஆறு, six), ēḻu (ஏழு, seven), eṭṭu (எட்டு, eight), toṇṭu (தொண்டு, nine).

பாழ் என, கால் என, பாகு என, ஒன்று என, 

இரண்டு என, மூன்று என, நான்கு என, ஐந்து என, 

ஆறு என, ஏழு என, எட்டு என, தொண்டு என, 

நால்வகை ஊழி எண் நவிற்றும் சிறப்பினை …  

Now, I request our dear colleague Jean-Luc Chevillard for a translation from Gros for this part of the Paripadal poem. 

Thanks and regards,

rajam 

On Jul 25, 2022, at 9:19 AM, alakendu das via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

Dr.Dahejia,

With due regards, I mention the following points on the issue of "Sunnya"

1) "Sunnyata" of Mahayana Buddhism is a purely philosophical concept developed by Asanga and his brother BasuBandhu, embodying the principal of "ChatushKotiBinirmuktwa"..

2) In the world of Mathematics,probably ,an ancient Indian text dating back to 5th CE B.C, named as "Lokabibhaga" displayed use of decimal system ( including aero) .I would be grateful if any further reference on this text can be furnished.

3) AryaBhatta's name is  associated with the concept of zero" with respect,although there is a view that Maya civilization of Central America introduced the concept of zero.

Would like to be enlightened more on this.

Regards

Alakendu Das.

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From: Harsha Dehejia via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info>
Sent: Sun, 24 Jul 2022 16:20:43 GMT+0530
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Subject: [INDOLOGY] Sunya

Friends:

Is there any evidence that the sunya of mathematics arose out of the sunyata of Mahayana Buddhism?

Kind regards,

Hrtsha

Harsha V. Dehejia

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