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塵劫記 (じんこうき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

塵じん劫こう記き

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Meanings

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noun

Jinkōki (1627 Japanese mathematics text)

work of art, literature, music, etc.

A famous Edo-period mathematics book by Yoshida Kōyū, widely used for practical arithmetic and often referenced in historical contexts.

塵じん劫こう記きは江え戸ど時じ代だいの数すう学がく書しょとして知しられている。
Jinkōki is known as a mathematics book from the Edo period.

Kanji

塵dust, trash, garbage
劫threat, long ages
記scribe, account, narrative

Etymology

The title 塵劫記 combines 塵 (dust, infinitesimal) and 劫 (kalpa, an immense span of time), suggesting the vastness of numbers. The exact derivation is uncertain; it is a coined title for a mathematical work.