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PREFACE

Mathematics is considered to be a dry and boring subject by a large number
of people. Children dislike and fear mathematics for a variety of reasons. This
book is written with the sole purpose of helping school and college students,
teachers, parents, common people and people from non-mathematical areas of
study, to discover the joys of solving mathematical problems by a wonderful set
of techniques called ‘Vedic Maths’.

These techniques are derived from 16 sutras (verses) in the Vedas, which are
thousands of years old and among the earliest literature of ancient Hindus in
India. They are an endless source of knowledge and wisdom, providing practical
knowledge in all spheres of life. Jagadguru Swami Sri Bharati Krshna Tirthaji

(1884-1960) was a brilliant scholar who discovered the 16 sutras in the Vedas
and spent 8 years in their intense study. He has left an invaluable treasure for all
generations to come, consisting of a set of unique and magnificent methods for
solving mathematical problems in areas like arithmetic, algebra, calculus,
trigonometry and co-ordinate geometry. These techniques are very easy to learn
and encapsulate the immense and brilliant mathematical knowledge of ancient

Indians, who had made fundamental contributions to mathematics in the form of
the decimal numerals, zero and infinity.

I have trained thousands of children of all age groups with these techniques
and I find that even young children enjoy learning and using them. The

techniques reduce drastically, the number of steps required to solve problems
and in many cases, after a little practice, many of the problems can be solved
orally. It gives tremendous self-confidence to the students which leads them to
enjoy mathematics instead of fearing and disliking it.

I have written this book in the form of a cookbook, where a reader can grasp
a technique quickly, instead of reading through a large mass of theory before
understanding it. I have considered techniques for major arithmetical operations
like multiplication, division, computation of squares and square roots and
complex fractions, besides a whole lot of other techniques. Each technique has
been explained in detail with the help of solved examples, using a step-by-step