Kha (ख) (खवर्ण ''khavarna'') is the second consonant of the

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. It ultimately arose from the

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letter 𑀔 (), after having gone through the Gupta letter Gupta allahabad kh

. Letters that derive from it are the Gujarati letter ખ, and the Modi letter 𑘏.

Devanagari-using languages

In all languages, ख is pronounced as or when appropriate. * खण्ड = ''khand'' "clause, fragment" In this example, ख implements its inherent vowel, the schwa. * अखरोट = ''akhrot'' "nonsense" In this example, ख deletes the inherent schwa for correct pronunciation. Certain words that have been borrowed from Persian and

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implement the nukta to more properly approximate the original word. It is then transliterated as a ''x''. * ख़राब = ''xaraab'' "bad"

Conjuncts with ख

*ख+य = व्याख्या, ख्याल, विख्यात।

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Āryabhaṭa numeration

Aryabhata Aryabhata ( ISO: ) or Aryabhata I (476–550 CE) was the first of the major mathematician-astronomers from the classical age of Indian mathematics and Indian astronomy. His works include the '' Āryabhaṭīya'' (which mentions that in 3600 ' ...

used Devanagari letters for numbers, very similar to that of the Greeks, even after the invention of

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. The values of the different forms of ख are: *ख = 2 (२) *खि = 200 (२००) *खु = 20,000 (२० ०००) *खृ = 2,000,000 (२० ०० ०००) *खॢ = 2 (२० ०० ०० ०००) *खे = 2 (२० ०० ०० ०० ०००) *खै = 2 (२० ०० ०० ०० ०० ०००) *खो = 2 (२० ०० ०० ०० ०० ०० ०००) *खौ = 2 (२० ०० ०० ०० ०० ०० ०० ०००)

References

* Kurt Elfering: ''Die Mathematik des Aryabhata I. Text, Übersetzung aus dem Sanskrit und Kommentar''. Wilhelm Fink Verlag, München, 1975, * Georges Ifrah: ''The Universal History of Numbers. From Prehistory to the Invention of the Computer''. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2000, . * B. L. van der Waerden: ''Erwachende Wissenschaft. Ägyptische, babylonische und griechische Mathematik''. Birkhäuser-Verlag, Basel Stuttgart, 1966, * * {{Devanagari abugida Devanagari Indic letters