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1. Hemananda

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   Etymological and Historical Context
   The earliest verifiable mentions of Hemananda appear in fragmented palm-leaf manuscripts recovered from the vicinity of the ancient city of Pataliputra. These texts suggest Hemananda was less a mathematical constant and more a psychological threshold experienced by composers attempting to maintain perfect aliterative balance within long-form devotional hymns (bhajans).
   Scholars such as Dr. Indrani Varma posit that the term was used to describe the point where the expected rhythmic unit ($R$) deviates from …