Translations into Sanskrit

[Dipak Bhattacharya]

Quite a few translations into Sanskrit  have been mentioned by members. The following may be added to the list if they have not already been mentioned by someone
 
1.Hayata: Sub.Arabic astronomy and geography; original version: Persian?Sanskrit translator: unknown; time: late medieval?
ed.Vibhuutibhuu.sa.na Bhattacharya, Sarasvati Bhavana Granthamala vol.96, Sampurnaanand Sanskrit Vishvavidyalaya, Varanasi, 1967
 
2.Ukra Sub:mensuration,geometry; original: Greek? author: Saawajuusayuusa; translated by Nayanasukhopadhyaaya Jaipur, 1693 CE; 
ed.Vibhuutibhuu.sa.na Bhattacharya, Sarasvati Bhavana Granthamala vol.104, Sampurnaanand Sanskrit Vishvavidyalaya, Varanasi, 1978
 
3.Yantraraajavicaaravi.m;saadhyaayii Sub:construction of instruments for astronomy; original: Arabic; author: ?; translated by Nayanasukhopadhyaaya mentioned above; 
ed.Vibhuutibhuu.sa.na Bhattacharya, Sarasvati Bhavana Granthamala vol.108, Sampurnaanand Sanskrit Vishvavidyalaya, Varanasi, 1979
 
The following Sanskrit work is not a translation but it was meant to help translators
4.Paarasiikaprakaa;sa Sub: bilingual grammar of Persian;author:Bihaari .K.r.s.nadaasa Mi;sra under Akbar's(1555-1604) patronage; 
ed.Vibhuutibhuu.sa.na Bhattacharya, Sarasvati Bhavana Granthamala vol.95, Sampurnaanand Sanskrit Vishvavidyalaya, Varanasi, 1965
First puiblished from Varanasi in 1865; then ed.Weber,Berlin,1985;
If these have already been brought to notice in these columns I express regret.
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--- On Thu, 19/3/09, Sven Sellmer <sellmers at GMX.DE> wrote:


From: Sven Sellmer <sellmers at GMX.DE>
Subject: Translations into Sanskrit
To: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk
Date: Thursday, 19 March, 2009, 5:53 PM


Dear Colleagues,

lately I was asked about early translations into Sanskrit and noticed that this is quite an interesting question I know little about. Is anybody aware of articles or books on this topic? In particular, I would be curious to learn about the earliest translations into Sanskrit of texts originally composed in languages others than Middle Indo-Aryan ones (as only these I would consider translations in the full sense).

Best wishes,
Sven Sellmer

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Dr. Sven Sellmer
Adam Mickiewicz University
Institute of Oriental Studies
South Asia Unit
ul. 28 czerwca 1956 r. nr 198
61-485 Poznań
POLAND
sven at amu.edu.pl



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