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
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Le sam. 14 oct. 2023 à 21:16, Elliot Stern <emstern1948@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
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On Oct 13, 2023, at 4:14 PM, Jean Michel DELIRE via INDOLOGY <indology@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@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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