Pingala can refer to different concepts depending on the context: 1. **In Indian Classical Literature**: Pingala is often associated with ancient Indian mathematicians, particularly in connection with the earliest known work on poetry metrics in Sanskrit, called the "Chandahsastra". This text, attributed to Pingala, outlines the rules of poetic meter and includes combinatorial mathematics. It is notable for using binary numbers to describe patterns in meter.
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