ब्राह्मस्फुटसिद्धान्त (ब्रह्मगुप्त - शून्य, कुट्टक, बीजगणित एवं सम्पूर्ण २१ अध्याय सान्वय सटीक)

CHAPTER III Manuscripts of the Brāhmasphuṭa Siddhānta Sudhākara Dvivedī has given an account of some of the manuscripts of the Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta in his Bhūmikā or Introduction appended to the edition published in the PAṆḌITA, Vol.XXIV, 1902 (New Series) : (i) available in the Library of the Government College, Kashi (Vārāṇasī) i. e. Kāśīka-Rājakīya-Pāṭha- laya,(ii) Dr.Thibaut's Manuscript,(iii) the Manuscript in possession with Yajñadatta Śarmā, the Chief Astronomer attached to the Prince of Ayodhyā. It is further mentioned that Dr. Thibaut's Manuscript was a copy of a Manuscript available in the Deccan College, Poona. The Manuscripts (ii) and (iii) were identical. The Manuscripts (iii) was very faulty and incorrect. The Manuscript from which Colebrooke translated out in English the Twelfth and the Eighteenth Chapters on Gaṇita or Mathematics and Kuṭṭaka (the Chapter on Pulveriser) respectively, appeared to be different from the three Manuscripts described above. The readings differed considerably. The Kuṭṭaka- Chapter of that book is, writes Sudhākara Dvivedī, still available in the India Office Library. (See Catalogue of the Sanskrit¹ Manuscripts in the Library of India Office, Part V.p. 995).¹

1. एतत्कृतस्यास्य सिद्धान्तग्रन्थस्यैका प्रतिः काशिकराजकीय पाठालयतो द्वितीया डा० थिबौ साहिब महाशयतस्तृतीया चायोध्यानरेशप्रधानज्योतिर्विच्छ्री यज्ञदत्तशर्मणो मया लब्धा । डा० थिबौमहा- शयस्य पुस्तकं कस्यचिद्दक्षिणदेशीय (Deccan College, Poona ) डेकन पुस्तकस्य प्रत्यन्तरम् । इदं पुस्तकं तथा पं० श्री यज्ञदत्त पुस्तकं चैकमातृकमेव । इदं पुस्तकत्रयमतीवाशुद्धं बहु च स्खलितं चास्ति । यत्पुस्तकानुसारेण व्यक्ताव्यक्तयोर्द्वादशाष्टादशसंख्ययोरंगलभाषायामनुवादः कोलब्रूकसा- हिबेन कृतस्तत्पुस्तकमेतत्त्रयतो भिन्नमित्यसंशयं विभाति पाठविभेदात् । तत्पुस्तकस्य कुट्टकाध्यायः संप्रति इण्डिया-आफिस-सरस्वती भवने वर्तते (See Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Library of India Office, Part V, Page 995) पृथूदककृताऽस्य सिद्धान्तस्य टीका या कोलब्रूकसाहिबेन भारतवर्षे ह्युपलब्धा सा च संप्रति लण्डननगरे इण्डिया-आफिस-सरस्वती भवने वर्तते । तस्या एका प्रतिर्मद्द्वारेण श्री डा० थिबौ साहिबमहाशयैरुत्पादिता सापि संप्रति मन्निकटेऽस्ति । अहो इण्डिया-आफिस-सरस्वती (Continued on next page)