Talk:Indian numbering system

message: General usage of higher denominations today are recursive e.g. 2 lakh crores (2 followed by 12 zeros).
Would 1014 be refered to as "1 crore crores"?
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Nik42 (talk • contribs) 20:50, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: untitled

message: I don't see any need to describe the numbering system as challenging.  What makes it so?  The only thing that has confused me is why the first grouping is 1000, then each term is 100 of the last.  If anybody knows why that is (my family doesn't) that would make a good addition.  Rahulchandra 15:58, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Challenging? 

message: Anybody has an explanation on what follows?
The 28th Canto of ‘Yudha Kanda’ of the Valmiki Ramayana has one of Ravana’s spies — Suka — describing to him the size of Rama’s army. Before he tells the size of Rama’s army, the spy goes on to illustrate the nomenclature of the number system. Note that decimal numeracy is taken for granted. Here is what the spy says:
    * 100,00,000 is one crore (10**7)
    * 100,000 crore is one shankh (10**12)
    * 100,000 shankh is one mahashankh (10**17)
    * 100,000 mahashankh is one vrinda (10**22)
    * 100,000 vrinda is one mahavrinda (10**27)
    * 100,000 mahavrinda is one padma (10**32)
    * 100,000 padma is one mahapadma (10**37)
    * 100,000 mahapadma is one kharb (10**42)
    * 100,000 kharb is one mahakharb (10**47)
    * 100,000 mahakharb is one samudra (10**52)
    * 100,000 samudra is one ogh (10**57)
    * 100,000 ogh is one mahaough (10**62)''
Higher numbers idea is interesting, and especially new figures (vrinda, samudra, ogh) but "reuse" of kharb, padma,... is puzzling.  Disdero 09:33, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have created a table based on the above, and have used exact sanskrit transliteration -Azykwv (talk) 13:18, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

text: Isn't this limited to hindi numbering? Personally I haven't any number higher than Arhab being used. (Cloud02 20:12, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  The above link is no longer valid. See new section on Vedic Numbering system on this talk page. -Polytope4D (talk) 07:35, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Higher numbers 

message: It says they are grouped in two's, but the examples are grouped in three's first, the subsequently n two's.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.180.217.90 (talk) 19:19, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Nobody any idea why that is, even after so many years? Apparently this also confuses native people (see above, addition from 2006) --Ph0nq (talk) 13:04, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

text: Indian counting system (as it is followed today) uses a simple 3,2,2 based comma separation system with same pattern repeating. So One Lakh Crore should be written as 1,00,000,00,00,000. The idea is that just by looking at the number representation you should be able to read it. This used to be defined correctly in the IN locale settings in Linux in the past, but some one along the line started propagating this 3,2,2,2,... format. I think this happened because not many numbers get written in digits above 100 crores, so the problem was not realized for long. That doesn't mean Wikipedia should propagate this falsehood further. I am going to take up a full rewrite of the article to reflect this. --User:Sivaraj (talk) 06:53, 16 March 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: The vedic numbering obviously uses a 3,2,2,5,5,5,... format. So will be revamping this as well. Note that this is not currently being used, and is only for historic purposes. Sivaraj 07:03, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

text: The article was incorrect in stating that the grouping is repeating groups of 3,2,2. The first three digits from the right (ones, tens, and hundreds) are grouped together, and the rest are grouped in groups of two. A useful reference is the Unicode CLDR data, which is contributed to by professionals from across the world. It's built into all the computer systems, so you can check it yourself. Open your browser console (Ctrl+Shift+I) and type this: (new Intl.NumberFormat('hi')).format(10e16)  --harsh_manutd (talk) 13:06, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Repeating group of 3,2,2 is the right way of representing Indian numbers. The reason for number grouping is to easily understand what is written, and able to read it without counting the digits. Since Indian numbers are counted in crores this is the right way of representing them. Unicode doesn't accommodate repeating groups. It only supports single digit repetition or left most group different. This is a technical limitation in Unicode which should be addressed. That doesn't warrant changing the way people use numbers. --User:Sivaraj 10:33, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: @Sivaraj - can you share some sources where this is written. From what I could find, and from what school systems in North India are teaching, it's always been groupings of 2 except for the right-most 3 digits. Also, can you tell me your native state - as the 3,2,2 repeating pattern might be a local variation. See these sources: http://www.hindi.co/ginatee/numbers_saNkhyaaENn.html, and http://veda.wikidot.com/sanskrit-numbers. Note that Koti (crore) is 10^7 and Ayuta is 10^9 and Niyutam is 10^11 so why would the comma separators follow different pattern? It doesn't make sense.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Harsh manutd (talk • contribs) 14:58, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  article is self contradictory 

message: I was showing this page to several India colleagues and all agreed that the Hindi word listed for "Padma" says "Padm" in Hindi, so is perhaps the English or the Hindi incorrect?  I do not know enough obviously to correct this.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oneliketadow (talk • contribs) 18:39, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The correct spelling is padma (exact devanagari translation), but the pronunciation is "padm". But I have changed the spelling to exact Hindi. Hope this satisfies you. However, I have hidden the numbers after padm, as they get into the way -59.95.35.182 (talk) 11:48, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

text: I found this page an Indian government website which spells it "padam": http://consumeraffairs.nic.in/forms/contentpage.aspx?lid=697.  Maybe that's a typo though? Markshep (talk) 11:50, 19 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Padma vs Padm

message: It would be helpful for those of us not accustomed to this system to explain what happens to even powered numbers. E.g., 104 and so forth. Tloc (talk) 06:22, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Simple, 10^3 is one thousand; 10^4 is 10 * 10^3 ie ten thousand. 10^8 is ten karod (crore), 10^10 is ten arab, etc. -Azykwv (talk) 13:23, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  even powers 

message: Adant singhar is shown as "100,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,000" (note the initial "100" without a comma).
However, I believe the correct representation is "1,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,000". Can someone more knowledgeable than I confirm? Afalls (talk) 23:39, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: You are right. I have corrected it. But the power notation is better to understand (Don't count the zeros!) -Azykwv (talk) 19:45, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Incorrect representation of adant singhar?

message: Basic aspect of a encyc article seems missing? Turkeyphant 13:41, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why? 

message: As lakh and crore were used in the traditional Indian numerical system, why are they also still used in Indian English?Royalcourtier (talk) 05:41, 28 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Modern use 

message: Fascinating!  What linguistic or cultural traditions led to the use of commas separating the last three digits, but then every two digits above them?  Contrast with the history of the metric system etc.  ★NealMcB★ (talk) 16:27, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is the history of the Indian numbering system? 

message: The article would benefit from a section or example of how grouping works with fractions.
Is it "0.123456789", "0.123,45,67,89", "0.12,34,56,78,9" or something else? jodastephen (talk) 15:26, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: There is no grouping for fractional part of a number. Fractions are written continuously as in other numbering number systems.  Sivaraj 11:17, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fractions 

message: I think it would be useful for this article to cover abbreviations used for crore, lahk, arab etc.
The articles on Crore and Lahk mention that these are abbreviated to L and cr respectively, but I've been able to find no information on what arab, lahk crore, crore crore, padm etc are abbreviated to.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by TimTim (talk • contribs) 08:08, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Abbreviations / Suffixes 

message: I was told Indian numbers to be as follows when I was child
Elam is one
Daham is ten or 10
Shatam is hundred or 100
Sahastra is thousand or 1,000
Dashsahastra is ten thousand or 10,000
Laksh is one hundred thousand or 100,000
Dashlaksh is ten  Laksh or 10,00,000
Koti or Crore is ten Dashlaksh
Dashkoti is ten Koti
Abja is ten Dashkoti
Kharv is ten Abja
Nikharv is ten Kharv
Mahapadm is ten Nikharv
Shankhu is ten Mahapadm
Jaladhi is ten Shankhu
Antya is ten Jaladhi
Madhya is ten Antya
And ten Madhya is Parardh
Does anyone know these numbers?  Thus one parardh would mean ten rest to 17 or 100,000,000,000,000,000  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kamalakarpendse (talk • contribs) 12:05, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comment 

message: On several pages related to India (or the subcontinent) it is found that the western numbering system is used, especially with currency. Being an Indian, I find it difficult to identify with the magnitude of a value such as ₹150 million. Yes, I can convert it in my mind but that isn't the point. A template that does the conversion of say ₹150 million to ₹15 cr. would, in my opinion, increase the readability of an article. 
Abhijeetviswa (talk) 07:45, 7 July 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: This cuts both ways!  The relevant Wikipedia Manual of Style section talks of "opportunities for commonality", suggesting that the forms familiar in the West be used (million, billion, etc.) rather than those familiar in the Indian subcontinent (lakh, crore, etc.).  This would be more convenient for westerners than easterners; yet both need to have the material presented comprehensibly.  A typical English-speaking American or Australian has never even heard of a lakh or a crore, so using these terms fails to communicate with such readers; and the converse may also be true.  The smart solution would be to use hints, so that when a reader hovers their pointing device (mouse, pen or finger) over a hinted term, a concise explanation will appear above and beside it.  Now, where did I see how to do this?  yoyo (talk) 03:55, 21 October 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with the latter comment. Surely the Indian system, as old and established etc. as it may be, is the exception to the international standard, and not the other way around. While I would have no issue with the Indian system being used on Indian / South Asian wikis, here on English wiki it is IMO bound to cause confusion (case in point: this article's infobox says the film had a budget of 85 lakhs and box office takings of 1.90 crore — so did it make a profit or loss, then?). If this issue could be handled easily (ideally with a convert tag, although hints could also work as suggested), then by all means let's show both, but if the choice must be made then I would default to the int'l standard. -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 08:56, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi  per your suggestion to use hints, I've done (something like) that in the infobox of the article referenced in my previous comment. Could you take a quick look to see a) if that's at all what you had in mind, and b) if you think it generally works (and doesn't clash with any policies etc.)? Cheers, -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 09:17, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi,  (a) Yes, and (b) Yes (and (c) I don't know of any policy problems, but am not an expert on those.)  Thanks for your efforts!  Do you think a 'convert' solution would be better than this?  yoyo (talk) 05:40, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  Personally FWIW, I do think a convert template would work better, because a) it would display both values, b) it wouldn't require the reader to do the arithmetics (in my example above, the hint only tells you what crore is; it doesn't give you the other value automatically, although that could of course be written into the hint), and c) I'm guessing it would also be easier to use and more familiar to most editors. -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 07:21, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  Can you produce an example showing what that would look like?  That probably means actually creating the template - you could do that in a sandbox, I guess?  yoyo (talk) 16:21, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  A template on Wikipedia to convert between the two systems? 

message: The article suggests that digits are grouped in groups of 2 except for the last 3,
but these two anonymous edits claim that after the second group of 2 there's another group of 3.
This is not supported by the reference cited near the edit either; it seems that it was made up by that user.
It must be deleted or properly cited and the rest of the text changed accordingly.
—Cousteau (talk) 00:14, 14 May 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Please fix it (revert the IP). See the answer I was given at bnwiki. That says (in Q3) that the Bengali Wikipedia groups like 12,34,56,789.12345 where the first group before "." (789) has three digits, with the others are two digits. Johnuniq (talk) 04:13, 21 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  10,000,00,00,000 or 1,00,00,00,000? 

message: I recently PRODded Lakh;  does not seem to agree with that, but he does agree that the article is not very good. More to the point: the topic of Lakh is really the Indian numbering system, which basically amounts to the use of two different multipliers, Lakh and Crore. So I think anything useful on those pages should be merged into this article, and both lakh and crore should redirect to that. Any opinions? ωικιωαrrιorᑫᑫ1ᑫ 16:52, 14 November 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Oppose. I'm somewhat thick and wish to ask Alexa "What is a crore" and what is a "lakh".  I want a simples easy answer not the whole numbering system.  And this article has got template tags already and a merge of something that important into a tagged article is not a great idea.Djm-leighpark (talk) 07:42, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:   As I've said in the Lakh section above, WP's purpose is not to optimize people's Google/Alexa/Bing/etc. search experiences. What the merits of those articles as they stand given WP policy? Also, I don't know what you mean by . Getsnoopy (talk) 08:11, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  @: This merge proposal has been open for over 6 months and the proposer has not brought it to Wikipedia:Proposed article mergers for closure.  And its a car crash of a proposal anyway and poorly set up.  Thankyou.Djm-leighpark (talk) 08:28, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

text: Oppose. Indian English has as many speakers as the other forms of English, and this accounting is the norm in that system. If we have million as a stand alone article then we should have lakh and crore. Alternatively we could merge million, lakh, and crore into some common article, like "commonplace big numbers".  Blue Rasberry (talk) 19:05, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

text: Support. I completely support the merge (see my reasoning above in the discussion regarding the same for "Lakh"). I also suggest we merge this discussion into the previous one, since the overarching concept being discussed is the same and so that we don't have diverging discussions about essentially the same topic. Getsnoopy (talk) 22:36, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

text: Oppose. I fail to see why a separate article isn't appropriate. Just because it is a subtopic of this article doesn't mean it can't have an article. Just like we have separate articles on the President of the United States and the United States of America, even though one is a subtopic of the other. If the only reason is because it is a subtopic, that isn't a very good proposal. We have separate articles on each Arabic digit and each Latin letter, but they are also subtopics of their writing systems. We have articles on SI prefixes, like kilo- or mega- which are clearly subtopics of the SI metric system. And they are most clearly just orders of magnitudes differences. -- 65.94.170.207 (talk) 18:02, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  The reason for merging the articles is not because it is merely a subtopic, but that the subtopic articles (even the Lakh one) are stubs, with content that essentially doesn't add any more information than this article. Getsnoopy (talk) 08:11, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

text: Support.  Per WP:Wikipedia is not a dictionary, the Lakh and Crore articles don't have enough content to justify separate existence.  Everything beyond the bare definitions is duplicated material which makes sense to merge.    All that's needed for people seeking the definitions is a straightforward rewording of the lead. 196.247.24.20 (talk) 16:08, 31 May 2020 (UTC)

text: Support actual use, I just had to open two articles instead of one to interpret an Indian news artcle. prat (talk) 00:33, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

text: Oppose. If someone is just trying to figure out what "lakh" and "crore" is they can find what they are without having to look at a different title. 103.132.150.30 (talk) 18:02, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

text: Comment: Oppose.  Thought I'd opposed this but only did the lakh.Djm-leighpark (talk) 18:14, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:   You've already voted; yours is the first comment in this thread. I suggest you remove this duplicate vote. Getsnoopy (talk) 08:11, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Thankyou for pointing that out; a dup !vote was never my intention.  Switching to comment. Djm-leighpark (talk) 08:28, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

text: Oppose. india is not the only one that uses the crore system, therefore it will be unfair to add this to the Indian numbering system.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.65.198.150 (talk) 16:18, 4 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  Giving you the benefit of the doubt, I'll say that Arabia is not the only user of Arabic numerals; virtually the entire world is. The system is named after its origin, not its current users. That argument essentially holds no water. Getsnoopy (talk) 08:11, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

text: Oppose. As said before, India is not the only country that uses crores and lakhs. In my opinion, it should not merged with Indian numbering system.   — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.204.254.104 (talk) 02:42, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  This is a meaningless argument. See my comment above. Getsnoopy (talk) 07:57, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

text: Support. I came to "Crores" to find out what it was, and then had to come here to the Indian Numbering System to figure out why the odd comma placement! Thank you! मील्स फ्लुक्तुस (talk) 12:47, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, it was there in the second sentence, but (for your benefit) it is clearer now. Moonraker12 (talk) 22:29, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merge with [[Crore]] 

message: For all the written information about the grouping, it states "which group the digits into powers of one hundred in the Indian system (except for the first thousand)". This is reflected in the first table under Use of separators with the third number being "17,00,00,00,000" (?-2-2-2-3). But the fourth number is formatted as "67,89,000,00,00,000" (?-2-3-2-2-3). But in the table under Names of numbers, it's consistently expanding into the format of "10,000,00,00,000,00,00,000" (?-3-2-2-3-2-2-3).
The pattern seems to be a repeating of ",00,00,000" (-2-2-3), and it's not just the first thousand being in a group.
Looking further into the table, it seems to be determined by how you would say the number.
2-2-3 repeated            	2-2-3 repeated          	...2-2-2-2-2-3 expanding   	...2-2-2-2-2-3 expanding
1,00,000                  	one lakh                	1,00,000                   	one lakh
10,00,000                 	ten lakh                	10,00,000                  	ten lakh
1,00,00,000               	one crore               	1,00,00,000                	one crore
10,00,00,000              	ten crore               	10,00,00,000               	ten crore
100,00,00,000             	hundred crore           	1,00,00,00,000             	one arab
1,000,00,00,000           	thousand crore          	10,00,00,00,000            	ten arab
10,000,00,00,000          	ten thousand crore      	1,00,00,00,00,000          	one kharab
1,00,000,00,00,000        	one lakh crore          	10,00,00,00,00,000         	ten kharab
10,00,000,00,00,000       	ten lakh crore          	1,00,00,00,00,00,000       	one nil
1,00,00,000,00,00,000     	one crore crore         	10,00,00,00,00,00,000      	ten nil
10,00,00,000,00,00,000    	ten crore crore         	1,00,00,00,00,00,00,000    	one padma
100,00,00,000,00,00,000   	hundred crore crore     	10,00,00,00,00,00,00,000   	ten padma
1,000,00,00,000,00,00,000 	thousand crore crore    	1,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,000 	one shankh
10,000,00,00,000,00,00,000	ten thousand crore crore	10,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,000	ten shankh
Differences in the first grouping is that it counts up to a crore, then it repeats. It's an indefinite method which I can see being preferred for that reason. The second grouping requires a new term for every 100 multiple. – Where the table ends, the following numbers of the first group are: "one lakh crore crore", "ten lakh crore crore", "one crore crore crore", "ten crore crore crore", ... and for the second group it's indeterminate, as the names aren't given.
In the table under Names of numbers, there's also the mention of "hundred arab", "thousand arab", "ten thousand arab", before ending. By the looks of it, it looks to behave like the 2-2-3 repeating / crore crore system, but instead being 2-2-2-3 repeating / arab arab system. One crore crore crore "1,00,00,000,00,00,000,00,00,000" would therefore be thousand arab arab "1,000,00,00,00,000,00,00,00,000".
So this might be something that should be researched and included in the article.
Liggliluff (talk) 10:33, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, this has been pointed out before in #article is self contradictory and #100 crore and #10,000,00,00,000 or 1,00,00,00,000? Shockingly, after more than 10 years, the article is still contradictory. I guess no editor has come along who either knows the answer for sure or knows how to find the answer. --Bigpeteb (talk) 18:58, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Digit grouping inconsistencies 

message: After reverting  I've had a quick glance to confirm the content is generally supported by the sources and broadly speaking it is (I open to comments there may have been a slight extrapolation of the sources).  There was a failure to bring from the article that the system would be more tenable and suitable if the proper names for the lesser used units were used rather than a form of slang hybrid.   If would be good to see additional sources here, and possibly a re-write of re-phrase might be helpful.  Thankyou. Djm-leighpark (talk) 09:11, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Its also based on one source and I think WP:UNDUE. I'd trim it.VR talk 15:03, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not adverse to it being trimmed.  I'm on the road at the minute.  If I think of some prose that might work I hope to give it a shot and try to soften it a little.  I might have a shot in the next 6 hours or so, if not I've likely distracted myself elsewhere. thanks for feedback.  Djm-leighpark (talk) 17:13, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

text: * It is an opinion piece of an individual author; and as such has less scrutiny and can't really be used to support facts, and in arbitration consensus may need to be removed completely.  The piece is generally well written.  But to be used would need to be assigned to the individual author writing in ThePrint.  I'd note author seems to have got his piece published more widely than just the print: , and I've seen a different viewpoint here (though again an opinion piece): .  Perhaps this viral social media event is noteworthy, perhaps not, perhaps it is exaggerated? .  I will have a further break then dig and intend to revert (reply) later.  Thankyou. Djm-leighpark (talk) 03:57, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  I've had a good faith attempt at a re-write.  I've not checked it as much as I like, some or all sources may be unsuitable and not used to best effect.  I have real life (RL) commitments and deadlines over parts of the next 30 hours at least and I can't really devote and more significant time to this.  On that basis if there's consensus (probably doesnt need a consensus merely 25-33% of people) think this or a variation of it can't be developed to the required the section needs to be removed until it can be replaced by a more suitable content.  I'm sort of recuse'ing from the discussion but its possible I may pop back in.  Thankyou. Djm-leighpark (talk) 13:11, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  I've been RL busy and have lost track of this.  The change I've made to the Criticisms section has essentially remained in place to I intend to remove the under construction in a day or so.  The statement "The usage of this system is limited to the nations of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Sri Lanka" doesn't sit well in the system and is a slight variation on locations mentioned elsewhere and might have to go. I have an aversion to losing sources, and the source, namely (Krulwich & Block, 2010) can also be used to cite "Slumdog Crorepati." could be placed into an Examples section.  (Which brought to my attention the prose is all in the lede(lead) rather than a lead summarising the body, so I'm going to do a refactor of that which may help going forward).  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Djm-leighpark (talk • contribs) 21:26, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

text: I don't know what exactly is being discussed here: a way to properly represent the criticism against the system, or to remove the "Criticism" section entirely? Getsnoopy (talk) 18:27, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  From memory there was some valid criticisms of the criticisms section as it previously existed.  It is probably appropriate to have some discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of the system so the existance of a criticisms section is valid, though another title may be more appropriate.  I reworked the section late August and probably succeeded in getting some way towards a more balanced section; the result probably isn't perfect but no feedback at the time possibly indicates it was roughly ok.  To understand the discussion it is necessary to examine the revision state of the article at the time each discussion update has been added.Djm-leighpark (talk) 21:23, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  I see; that's reasonable. From the discussion above, it seemed like people don't think sources like ThePrint are reliable sources, which is definitely not true. I think rewording it is fine as long as criticisms of the system are presented, which definitely exist. Getsnoopy (talk) 07:05, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Criticisms section 

message: Some editors are inserting unreferenced units like "neha", "vikrant" etc. in the tables. They might have been used somewhere, but cannot be mixed with another system. Even ayuta and niyuta have confusing meanings. So, Iremoved them. Let us stick to just one system for reference. There is no need to be over-specific, as these sysytems are not used today. I have updated links to the most recent Valmiki Ramayan website (one of the authorised sites approved by renowned scholars), and the table is linked to these six verses only (translation):
http://valmikiramayan.pcriot.com/utf8/yuddha/sarga28/yuddha_28_frame.htm
"Wise men call a hundred lakhs as a crore. A hundred thousand crores is reckoned as a Shanku." (Verse 33)
"A hundred thousand Shankus are said to be one Maha Shanku. A hundred thousand Maha Shankus are called one Vrindam here. A hundred thousand Vrindas are said to be one Maha vrindam. A hundred thousand Mahavrindas are called one Padmam here. A hundred thousand padmas are said to be one Mahapadmam. A hundred thousand Mahapadmas are called one Kharvam here. A hundred thousand kharvas are said to be one Mahakharvam. A hundred thousand Mahakharvas are called one Samu(n)dram. A hundred thousand Samudras are said to be one ogha here. A hundred thousand oghas are acclaimed a one Mahaugha." (Verses 34 - 38).
-Polytope4D (talk) 07:33, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vedic numbering system table 

message: The section titled "The Indian System" seems to have multiple formatting errors. The first paragraph ends with a comma and an extra blank line; not sure what's intended. In the third paragraph, the word "arab" does not appear where it should; in place of "arab" enclosed in double apostrophes, the source contains three apostrophes. This triple apostrophe messes up apostrophe pairing in the following text, so that all subsequent parenthetical material is in italics (not sure if this is intended) including also the digit "1" just before the next term (definitely wrong). Finally, the last piece ends with "1 repeats for larger numbers...", again with "1" italicized, rather than explaining exactly what it is that repeats.
Not correcting these myself since I don't know the intent and would probably mess it up further!
Larrydberg (talk) 05:57, 5 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Errors in formatting? 

message: Do we really need to reference milliards and billiards in the table? While I appreciate this nomenclature is likely to be useful to visitors from the 19th century, the bulk of our readership exists in the 21st century and have never once seen these terms used in the wild. I suspect this is due to considerate Americans editing under the impression that these terms are still occasionally used in the UK, which I've seen written elsewhere. If so, please accept my assurance they definitely aren't! The last thing a page designed to clarify and illuminate an unfamiliar numbering system is to confuse people further with an entirely different unfamiliar numbering system - particularly one that nobody has used in at least half a century. Dybeck (talk) 03:08, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Billiard balls 

message: The pronunciation section mentions the word “hazar” but it isn’t explained in the article. What does it mean? I assume “thousands” but of course I might be wrong. 95.114.106.50 (talk) 09:01, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, thousands. Double sharp (talk) 08:23, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hazar? 

message: The article is titled “Indian numbering system” but the first sentence starts, “The Indic numbering system”. This is the only occurrence of the word “Indic” in the whole text. Should this be changed to “Indian”? SeL (talk) 19:11, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Indian (title) vs. Indic (first sentence)