[INDOLOGY] Date and place of a manuscript

[Martin Gansten]

Apologies to the list for my many posts today, but naturally the 
solution is to eliminate the superfluous /ṃ /at the end of /daśamyāṃ/. 
This will give /daśamyām alikhad bālakṛṣṇo/. Mystery solved, verb 
restored, and the verse does seem to refer to the scribe after all 
(since the author has already been identified in the colophon).

Martin


Den 2026-09-02 kl. 19:01, skrev Martin Gansten:
> I'll have to correct that: as was just pointed out to me off-list, 
> what I read in haste as an 'e' stroke in fact belongs to a ha from the 
> line above, and the semi-legible letter after kṛ is more probably ṣṇo, 
> giving malikhadvālakṛṣṇo. A personal rather than place name? No verb, 
> though, if this reading is correct.
>
> Martin
>
>
> Den 2026-09-02 kl. 17:21, skrev Martin Gansten:
>> Dear Priya and all,
>>
>> I agree that this is intriguing, and it did occur to me that 
>> /tu/ might properly be a part of what followed rather than a separate 
>> particle, but I didn't have the background knowledge to identify 
>> Tukoji Rao. I imagine, though, that this short prose phrase 
>> (/dillīnagare tukorāvakaṭake/) refers to the copying of the 
>> manuscript, whereas the verse dating speaks of the book itself being 
>> completed (/kṛto gaṇitapustakam/ [sic]), so the date and the Tukoji 
>> reference don't necessarily go together. In fact, /malikhadvāle/ in 
>> the verse looks like a possible place name and could refer to where 
>> the work itself was written, although I have no idea of what or where 
>> that is.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Martin
>>
>>
>> Den 2026-09-02 kl. 16:12, skrev Priyamvada Nambrath via INDOLOGY:
>>>
>>> It appears to me that the location sentence parses as 'dillīnagare 
>>> tukorāva-kaṭake' - translating to 'in the military camp/ 
>>> residence of Tuko Rao in the city of Delhi.'
>>>
>>> Śaka 1693 translates, as you note, to 1771-72 CE, which aligns very 
>>> nicely with Tukoji Rao Holkar I. In this exact period, Tukoji Rao 
>>> was involved in a successful Maratha campaign against the Mughal 
>>> Emperor, Shah Alam, in Delhi, and won some significant concessions. 
>>> He is known more for his military accomplishments; so if it is the 
>>> same person that is referred to here, the fact that a geometry 
>>> textbook was being written inside his garrison while he was engaged 
>>> in a battle with Delhi is fascinating.
>>>
>>> All best,
>>> Priya
>>
>>
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