[INDOLOGY] Benares Sanskrit College Catalogue

Sun Oct 15 22:51:25 UTC 2023

I don’t think it is so strange.

Both of the Nyāyakaṇikā manuscripts in the Pandit edition of Vidhiviveka and Nyāyakaṇikā, published before 1911, were in the collection of this library, but they do not appear in the 1911 Catalogue. Only one of these appeared in the multi-volume catalogue published in the second half of the 20th century. When I inquired about the other manuscript ca. 1978, the reading room supervisor looked in a copy of the 1889 (?) catalogue, and told me that the manuscript had been sent on loan to Bonn in 1914, and the last request for return in or around 1930 was not answered. I infer from this account that the ship carrying the manuscript may have been sunk in the Mediterranean Sea in the early days of World War One.

While the editor of Rekhāgaṇita you reference reports he returned the manuscript to Arthur Venis in 1901, we cannot be sure that it was received. I do not see a report of any manuscript of this text in volume 9 of the current catalogue, published in 1963. It may be difficult to get information from the library.

Best wishes,

Elliot

> On Oct 15, 2023, at 6:47 AM, Jean Michel DELIRE <jeanmicheldelire at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thank you for your answer, Eliot,
> 
> It is very strange that the 1911 Catalogue of the Sanskrit Mss in the Sanskrit College Library doesn't mention at least a Rekhāgaṇita, since its editor Trivedi (in 1901-2) used Mss from this Library. I agree with you concerning other possible volumes of this Catalogue, for it seems from its content that it is only the first part of a more complete Catalogue, that would go beyond Vedic or post-Vedic subjects.
> Does anyone in the list know about other Catalogues of Banaras collections and where to find them ?
> 
> Best,
> 
> Jean Michel
> ,
> 
> Le sam. 14 oct. 2023 à 21:16, Elliot Stern <emstern1948 at gmail.com <mailto:emstern1948 at gmail.com>> a écrit :
>> Dear Jean Michel,
>> 
>> The Benares Sanskrit College 1911 catalogue also does not include any pūrvamīmāṃsā manuscripts. I was first curious to see if the Nyāyakaṇikā manuscript reported in the 1888 (?) catalogue would also appear there, but did not find it. I expect that another volume may have been planned in 1911, but was not published.
>> 
>> You will find here a reference to the earlier catalogue: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/resources/Record/990002234850504498/Details . I have not seen any soft copy of this catalogue on line, and I have a Xerox copy of only the title page and the page for the Nyāyakaṇikā manuscript.
>> 
>> Theodor Aufrecht cites this ms  as Ben 30 on page 534 of Catalogus Catalogorum (1891).
>> 
>> Elliot M. Stern
>> 552 South 48th Street
>> Philadelphia, PA 19143-2029
>> emstern1948 at gmail.com <mailto:emstern1948 at gmail.com>
>> 267-240-8418
>> 
>>> On Oct 13, 2023, at 4:14 PM, Jean Michel DELIRE via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info <mailto:indology at list.indology.info>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Dear colleagues,
>>> 
>>> I am looking for a Ms of the Rekhāgaṇita, a Sanskrit translation of Euclid's Elements, made by Jagannatha in 1728 Jaipur, from an Arabic Ms.
>>> According to its editor (Trivedi, Bombay, 1901-2, p.7), the most important Ms he used came from the Library of the Government Sanskrit College, Banaras (today Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishvavidyalaya) , but I can't find it in the Catalogue. Does someone have an explanation of this curious fact ?
>>> I am also looking for Arabic versions of Euclid's Elements conserved in India, especially Nasir ad-din at-Tusi's Tahrir. Do you know where I could find more information ?
>>> 
>>> Best regards,
>>> 
>>>> Jean Michel DELIRE
>>>> Lecturer on History of mathematics - IHEB (University of Brussels, ULB)
>>>> Lecturer on Science and civilisation of India - Sanskrit Texts - IHEB (ULB)
>>>> Member of the Centre National d'Histoire des Sciences (KBR, Bruxelles)
>>>> Member of the Société Asiatique (Paris)
>>>> Member of the International Association of Sanskrit Studies
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Le jeu. 5 oct. 2023 à 20:03, Jean Michel DELIRE <jeanmicheldelire at gmail.com <mailto:jeanmicheldelire at gmail.com>> a écrit :
>>>> Dear members of the list,
>>>> 
>>>> When I click on Benares Sanskrit College 1911, in the Sanskrit Catalogues shared by Dominik Wujastyk (https://nextcloud.computecanada.ca/index.php/s/yfwp8XFRtmnQ8Mr), I find 328 pages completely blank. Is that normal and does anybody have a soft copy of that Catalogue ? I am actually looking for a Ms of the Rekhāgaṇita that, according to the editor Trivedi (Bombay 1901-2), contains some margin notes in Arabic.
>>>> 
>>>> Thank you for your help,
>>>> 
>>>>> Jean Michel DELIRE
>>>>> Lecturer on History of mathematics - IHEB (University of Brussels, ULB)
>>>>> Lecturer on Science and civilisation of India - Sanskrit Texts - IHEB (ULB)
>>>>> Member of the Centre National d'Histoire des Sciences (KBR, Bruxelles)
>>>>> Member of the Société Asiatique (Paris)
>>>>> Member of the International Association of Sanskrit Studies
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Elliot M. Stern
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