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@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