Numbers can be said to be a symbol given to anything. Like a name is used to identify that thing which was named, numbers are used to identify the repetition of the thing or person. That is when something is identified and same thing is repeated then it can be counted or relevance of counting exist. Suppose in a village 10 mothers give birth in the same month and named differently. A wise man said they are different but they all can be classified in terms of age, let us called, below 10 month human a child. They all share that traits now each of them are child and can be counted up to 10.
From above we saw that something which is common trait should be held constant for numbers to operate, let us call them as units. Then units are not numbers but name which at the time of observation or counting can be traced to repetition. Let us try this to different setting. Can different units be numbered ? Answer is no. But can same things when repeated differently, numbered differently? Yes, as we can number human character bearing beings when come together and form a group to deal with such other groups, new unit called family formed. We can add men to form family but then men unit disappeared. So, units are just name given to repetition of some common name. And number operations can be performed keeping units constant.
It is my belief that the number system prevalent in the world, so called hindu number system, or system with repetition of counting after every 9 numbers, came from astrological calculations. Then can be dated to vedic time as astrology is prerequisite of learning vedas. As we know in computing binary number system is used. Logic is simple, every time light is on that is 1 and off that is 0, though 0 translated erroneously as zero from Sunya, it gets its right meaning in binary system. Then what necessity compel Rishis to make repetition after every 9 numbers i.e. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9. Its my belief that these 9 are Sun, moon, mars, mercury, jupiter, venus, saturn, rahu and ketu, because they travel in 12 houses in their own motion in Kundali. There is no need to go and talk about Sun doesn’t move around earth etc. They travel and each year there position is required for predictions. Sunya is everything complete, abekta, unexpressed. When something got balanced it gets sunya. Nine numbers 1 to 9 here fit perfectly, they are different, hence not added but repeated hence should be counted over the time of years. Hence, Rishis develop revolutionary number system.
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