The Gaṇitatilaka and its Commentary

Two Medieval Sanskrit Mathematical Texts

Alessandra Petrocchi (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

452 Seiten

2022
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-33853-8 (ISBN)

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The Ga¿itatilaka and its Commentary: Two Medieval Sanskrit Mathematical Texts presents the first English annotated translation and analysis of the Ga¿itatilaka by Sripati and its Sanskrit commentary by the Jaina monk Si¿hatilakasuri (13th century CE). Si¿hatilakasuri’s commentary upon the Ga¿itatilaka is a key text for the study of Sanskrit mathematical jargon and a precious source of information on mathematical practices of medieval India; this is, in fact, the first known Sanskrit mathematical commentary written by a Jaina monk, about whom we have substantial information, to survive to the present day.

In presenting the first annotated translation of these two Sanskrit mathematical texts, this volume focusses on language in mathematics and puts forward a novel, fresh approach to Sanskrit mathematical literature which favours linguistic, literary features and textual data. This key resource makes these important texts available in English for the first time for students of Sanskrit, ancient and medieval mathematics, South Asian history, and philology.

Alessandra Petrocchi completed a PhD in Sanskrit and Classical Indian Studies at the University of Cambridge, UK, and is currently a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics at the University of Oxford, UK, undertaking research into the early vernaculars of Italy and the history of numerals in the Renaissance. She has published several papers on Sanskrit sources on mathematics, comparative and historical Indo- European linguistics, and Italian Renaissance literature. Her research interests include textual criticism, manuscript studies, textual traditions and networks of knowledge across the Mediterranean, and the language-culture-literature interface.

List of tables; Preface; List of abbreviations; Part 1: Introduction; Chapter 1. Introducing the Ga¿itatilaka and its commentary; Chapter 2. On the edition of the Ga¿itatilaka and some methodological notes; Part 2: Translation; Chapter 3. Translation of the Ga¿itatilaka and its commentary; Part 3: Text analysis; Chapter 4. Text Analyis; Appendix 1: List of mathematical rules and sample problems supplied by the SGT and which are found in other works; Appendix 2: Rules and sample problems of the GT occurring in other works; Appendix 3: Glossaries; Bibliography; Index

Erscheinungsdatum	14.06.2022
Reihe/Serie	Scientific Writings from the Ancient and Medieval World
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	648 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	1-032-33853-9 / 1032338539
ISBN-13	978-1-032-33853-8 / 9781032338538
Zustand	Neuware