[INDOLOGY] Benares Sanskrit College Catalogue

Mon Oct 16 15:54:08 UTC 2023

Dear Jean Michel,

While ISMI has many merits, it unfortunately lacks substantial data
regarding South Asian collections. During my research on the reception of
Ṭūsī's logical and philosophical works in India, specifically *Asās
al-iqtibās* and *Tajrīd al-i‘tiqād*, I stumbled upon approximately fifty
copies of *Taḥrīr* scattered across different collections in the
Subcontinent. Given that it was not the primary focus of my research, I did
not systematically record the information each time I encountered a
manuscript. Nevertheless, I believe this may still be valuable to you.

*Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library:*

   - Please refer to the Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts at Khuda Bakhsh
   Oriental Library, vol. 22, page 28.
   - Manuscript call numbers: 2431-2432 [Images attached]

*Raja Mahmudabad Library:*

   - *A Catalogue of Arabic and Persian Manuscripts at Raja Mahmudabad
   Library, Lucknow* (Delhi: Iran Cultural House, 2001), pages 31-32,
   contains the following entries:
      1. *Taḥrīr uṣūl al-hindisah wa al-ḥisāb*: MS call number: Arabic: 646
      2. *Taḥrīr uṣūl al-hindisah wa al-ḥisāb*: MS call number: Arabic: 371
      3. *Taḥrīr uṣūl al-hindisah wa al-ḥisāb*: MS call number: Arabic:
      522/3

*Asafiyya Library:*

Please see *The Handlist of Arabic Manuscript at Asafiyya Library*, page,
301

1-    *Taḥrīr uqlīdis*: MS call number 1483

2-    *Sharḥ uqlīdis*: MS call number 1484 [might not be Ṭūsī’s *Taḥrīr*]

 *Mas’ood Jhandir Library:*

   - In Dr. Syeda Nikhat Firdous Kazmi's *A Catalogue of Manuscripts in
   Mas’odd Jhandi Library* (Islamabad: Institute of Persian Studies, 2005),
   page 13, you will find:
      1. *Taḥrīr uqlīdis*: MS call number: 2696
      2. *Taḥrīr-i uqlīdis* (Persian translation): MS call number: 804

*Ganjbakhsh Library:*

   - Notable manuscripts include:
      - *Uṣūl al-hindisah wa al-uqlīdis al-ṣūrī*: MS call number: 6587
      [Please note that this might not be Ṭūsī’s *Taḥrīr*]
      - *Uṣūl al-hindisah:* MS call number: 75
      - *Uṣūl al-hindisah wa al-ḥisāb*: MS call number: 9807
      - *Uṣūl al-hindisah wa al-ḥisāb*: MS call number: 785

*Rajasthan Maulana Abul-Kalam Azad Library:*

   - Refer to *A Hand List of the Arabic Manuscripts* by Sahibzadah
   Muhammad Abdul Moid Khan (Tonk: Rajasthan Maulana Abul-Kalam Azad Arabic
   Persian Research Institute, 2014), pages 98-99, for information on the
   following manuscripts:
      1. *Taḥrīr kitāb uqlīdis*: MS call number: 2150/1
      2. *Taḥrīr kitāb uqlīdis*: MS call number: 2150/2
      3. *Taḥrīr kitāb uqlīdis*: MS call number: 2153
      4. *Taḥrīr kitāb uqlīdis*: MS call number: 2154
      5. *Taḥrīr kitāb uqlīdis*: MS call number: 3106
      6. *Taḥrīr kitāb uqlīdis*: MS call number: 2693
      7. *Muntakhab al-taḥrīr* (Selections from *Taḥrīr*) by Ḥasan ‘Alī ibn
      Nawāzish ‘Alī al-Anṣārī al-Jawnpūrī (d. 1841), MS call number: 2171.

Best,

Nariman

On Sun, Oct 15, 2023 at 5:52 PM Elliot Stern via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> 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 *R**ekhāgaṇita, *
> 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> 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
>> 267-240-8418
>>
>> On Oct 13, 2023, at 4:14 PM, Jean Michel DELIRE via INDOLOGY <
>> 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> 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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> emstern1948 at gmail.com
> 267-240-8418
>
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