gaNita

[Manu Francis]

Cher Jean-Michel,

Still regarding the other question:

Acharya, Subrata Kumar (2001). Numerals in Orissan inscriptions.
Shimla : Indian Institute of Advanced Studies.

Bühler, Georg (1898). On the Origin of the Indian Brāhma Alphabet.
Together with two Appendices on the Origin of the Kharoṣṭḥī Alphabet
and of the so-called Letter-Numerals of the Brāhmī. Second revised
edition. Strassburg : Karl J. Trübner (Indian Studies n° 3). [Reprint,
CSS n° 33, CSSO : Varanasi, 1963-e].

Gokhale, Shobhana (1966). Indian Numerals. Poona: Deccan College
Postgraduate and research Institute. (Deccan College Building
Centenary and Silver Jubilee Series; 43). 48 p.-23 charts-xvi p.

Keller, Agathe (2006). «Comment on a écrit les nombres dans le
sous-continent indien : histoire et enjeux. » Comptes rendus de
l’Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres 2006/4, p. 1879-1896.

Sharma, Ram (2002). Brahmi Script : Development in North-Western India
and Central Asi. Delhi, B.R. Pub.,  2 Vols., xviii, 483 p., (set).
ISBN 81-7646-185-7.
Vol. I: J. Numerals.
Vol. II-III: J. Numerals.


Best wishes.

--
Emmanuel Francis
Chargé de recherche CNRS, Centre d'étude de l'Inde et de l'Asie du Sud
(EHESS-CNRS), Paris
Associate member, Centre for the Study of Manuscript Culture (SFB
950), Universität Hamburg

On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Dominic Goodall
<dominic.goodall at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear Jean-Michel,
>
> Regarding the other question,
>
> Another query : I am looking for ancient numerical inscriptions (i.e. showing figures, numbers in decimal notation), either in Indian locations or in good copies, books, articles, etc.
>
>
> this article of Dominique Soutif seemed to me both very interesting and very useful :
>
> 2008 « Dénombrer les biens du dieu ; étude de la numération du khmer ancien (vie-xiie siècle çaka) », Siksâcakr 8, p. 51-80 [paru en 2010 ; traduction khmère, p. 172-206].
>
> Dominic
>
> On 28-Dec-2012, at 10:00 AM, Klaus Karttunen wrote:
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> Dear Jean-Michel,
>
> the idea of a jewel in the head (hood) of a snake is common literary topos. see e.g. Kālidāsa: Mālavikāgnimitra 3, 1+, Kumārasaṁbhava 2, 38; Raghuvaṁśa 10, 7 & 11, 68 & 13, 12; Bhartṛhari  2, 53; Vidyākara: Subhāṣitaratnakoṣa 630, 861; Kṣemendra: Suvṛttatilaka 1, 1; Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 89, 54f. etc. etc.
> See also
> GAEFFKE, Peter 1954. “The snake-jewel in ancient Indian literature”, IL 14, 581-594.
> HARA, Minoru 1999. “The Pearl in Sanskrit Literature”, Mem. Toyo Bunko 57, 155-175 (also on snake-jewels).
> RAU, Wilhelm 1986. “Poetical conventions in Indian Kāvya literature”, ALB 50, 191–197.
> VOGEL, J.-Ph. 1926. Indian Serpent-lore or the Nagas in Hindu legend and art. London (index s.v. jewel).
> Best,
> Klaus
>
> Klaus Karttunen
> South Asian and Indoeuropean Studies
> Asian and African Studies, Department of World Cultures
> PL 59 (Unioninkatu 38 B)
> 00014 University of Helsinki, FINLAND
> Tel +358-(0)9-191 22674
> Fax +358-(0)9-191 22094
> Klaus.Karttunen at helsinki.fi
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Dec 28, 2012, at 11:43 AM, Jean-Michel Delire wrote:
>
> Dear list members,
>
> The VedANga JyotiSa mentions arithmetics (gaNita) as the head of the Vedic teaching, "as is the crest of the peacock and the jewels of the snakes". The first image is quite clear, but does anyone know the meaning of the second ? What exactly is intended by the "jewels of the snake" and in what other source could we find this figure ?
> Another query : I am looking for ancient numerical inscriptions (i.e. showing figures, numbers in decimal notation), either in Indian locations or in good copies, books, articles, etc.
>
> With my best wishes for 2013,
>
> Jean Michel Delire,
> Lecturer on "Science and Civilization in India - Sanskrit texts", University of Brussels
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