Ekadhikena Purvena
By one more than the previous one
Vedic Mathematics
Ancient rules, modern mental maths
Vedic Mathematics is a set of techniques for calculating faster and more easily. Sixteen short sutras, thirteen sub-sutras, and a way of seeing the pattern inside every sum.
Try it yourself
Watch maths become magic
Same question, two approaches. One takes a page. The other takes a breath.
The usual way
Long multiplication: two rows, three carries, roughly 40 seconds.
The Swaadhi way
- 1Both numbers sit just below 100 → deficits are 3 and 4
- 2Cross-subtract: 97 − 4 = 93 → that's the left half
- 3Multiply the deficits: 3 × 4 = 12 → that's the right half
Ancient Indian mathematics
16 Sutras. Endless shortcuts.
Vedic Mathematics is built on 16 sutras and 13 sub-sutras — short rules that turn long calculations into patterns a child can hold in their head.
Nikhilam Navatashcaramam Dashatah
All from 9, the last from 10
Urdhva-Tiryagbhyam
Vertically and crosswise
Paravartya Yojayet
Transpose and adjust
Shunyam Saamyasamuccaye
When the sum is the same, it is zero
Anurupye Shunyamanyat
If one is in ratio, the other is zero
Sankalana-Vyavakalanabhyam
By addition and by subtraction
Puranapuranabhyam
By completing or not completing
Chalana-Kalanabhyam
Differences and similarities
Yavadunam
Whatever the deficiency
Vyashtisamanstih
Part and whole
Shesanyankena Charamena
The remainders by the last digit
Sopantyadvayamantyam
The ultimate and twice the penultimate
Ekanyunena Purvena
By one less than the previous one
Gunitasamuchyah
The product of the sum is the sum of the products
Gunakasamuchyah
The factors of the sum are the sum of the factors
Indian mathematical heritage
An ancient system. A modern advantage.
Vedic Mathematics was compiled by Sri Bharati Krishna Tirtha (1884–1960), who organised centuries of Indian calculation methods into 16 sutras and 13 sub-sutras. Each sutra is a short rule that reveals the pattern inside a calculation.
Swaadhi teaches it as mathematics, not ritual — a practical, secular system that sits alongside whatever your child studies at school.
16
Sutras — the core rules
13
Sub-sutras — supporting corollaries
1884–1960
Sri Bharati Krishna Tirtha
7–16
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