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

58 MANUSCRIPTS OF THE BRĀHMASPHUṬASIDDHĀNTA Colebroke procured a Manuscript of the Pṛthūdaka Svāmī's Annotation on the Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta from somewhere in India. This is also available in the India office Library, London. Undoubtedly it appears that this Manuscript is a copy from one written in the Maithila script. Dvivedī describes a few character- istics of this Manuscript. For example, on the Folio 11. 7 (७) is written instead of 9 (९). At a few other places also, the same has happened. Following a visarga, (kva क्व) is inscribed instead of 'ka' (क), for example refer to Folio 12, line 6. At some places instead of visarga (:) we find ṣa (ष) inscribed, for example on Folio 12, line 1. Sometimes we find a sandhi at the virāma or end of a sententence ; e. g. in the Golādhyāya, Folio 21, line 2: sarva- mupapannamuktamakhaṇḍena (सर्वमुपपन्नमुक्तमखण्डेन). At some places we find nū (नू) written in place of nta (न्त). In one of the Folios, Śrī Gaṇeśāya namaḥ. श्रीगणेशायनमः is written in Maithila script.¹ Sudhākara Dvivedī prepared a copy of this Manuscript for Dr. Thibaut, and this copy was available with Sudhākara Dvivedī when he published his commentary with Text in the Paṇḍita. During the course of binding, on account of carelessness, many of the Folios got misarranged, and many of them got fragmented. Sudhākara Dvivedī emphasises in his Introduction the need of careful research on the arrangement of these Folios and their readings. (See Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Lib- rary of India Office, Part V,p. 993-995). Sudhākara Dvivedī with considerable efforts could rearrange the Text : Golādhyaya-Bhāṣyam 1 to 45, mutilated at the beginning Madhyamādhikāra-Bhāṣyam 45 to 59 (Continued from previous page) भवने अस्य पुस्तकस्य पुटकबन्धनकालेऽनवधानतया पत्राण्यसंगतानि जातानि, बहुत्र खण्डितानि च सन्ति । तानि कदाचिदनुपयुक्तपत्राणां मध्ये स्युरिति तेषां सम्यगन्वेषणं समुचितम् । (See Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Library of India Office Part, V, Page 993-995)

1. इदं पुस्तकं कस्यचिन्मिथिलाक्षरैर्लिखितस्य पुस्तकस्य प्रत्यन्तरमिति निःसंशयं प्रतिभाति । ११ पत्रे, ९ इत्यस्य स्थाने ७ इति लेखात् । एवमन्यत्रापि । विसर्गात् परतः ‘क’ स्थाने ‘क्व’ इति लेखात् । यथा १२ पत्रे, ६ पंक्तौ । तथा विसर्गस्थाने ‘ष’ इति लेखात् , यथा १२ पत्रे, १ पंक्तौ । वाक्य- विरामेपि सन्धिकरणात् । यथा गोलाध्यायस्य २१ पत्रे, २ पंक्तौ सर्वमुपपन्नमुक्तमखण्डेन । कुत्रचित् ‘न्त’ स्थाने ‘नू’ इति लेखात् । एकस्मिन् पत्रे मैथिलाक्षरैः श्री गणेशायनमः इति लेखाच्च ।