Gaṇita related Manuscript
eap_79007004 · Smriti Shrestha Collection
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This manuscript is damaged. It is torn from the top creating a V-cut probably due to rodent damage. What's left of the text shows it is dealing with mainly Mathematics written in Devanāgarī. — Image 1: It contains ... — Image 2: It contains ... — Image 3: In the left page there is a Maṅgalavākya dedicated to lord Gaṇeśa which is typical. It is then followed by four incomplete mantra-s dedicated to him. The first verse is taken from the Gaṇeśa ṣodoś nāmavali stotra which is a part of the Nāradapurāṇa. "Sumukhaścaikadantaśca kapilo gajakarṇakaḥ. Lambodaraśca vikaṭo vighnanāśo vināyakaḥ." The second verse appears to be a tantric verse possibly "Dhūmraketurgaṇādhyāyakṣo bhālacandro gajānanaḥ" taken from Gaṇeśa dvādaśanāma stotra also from the Nāradapurāṇa. The word Chaṇuyādapi in the end may also be part of a similar mantra. The third and fourth incomplete verses are maybe also tantric Gaṇeśa mantras. After this there are serialised devotional or initiation verses which have been taken from different sources of literature but they are present in incomplete form due to damage. The first verse is an invocation for Sarasvatī taken from the fifth verse from the work Agastya Sarasvatī stotra. "Sarasvati namastubhyaṃ varade kāmarūpiṇi'ḥ (rūpiṇī). Vidyārambhaṃ kariṣyāmi siddhirbhavatu me sadā." The second verse has been taken from the maṅglācaraṇa of Kālidāsa's work Raghuvaṃśa "Vāgarthāviva sampṛktau vāgarthapratipattaye. Jagataḥ pitarau vande pārvatīprameśvarau". The third verse has been taken from the Atharvaveda's Kāṇḍa-8; Sukta-3; verse 6. "Sapte bhavatu supraṇītirdevī svādinī mayā paśupatipatiḥ tasyā naḥ rāsveha yat pṛtsu naḥ sahetāgne tadvarcaḥ ā bhara." The fourth verse is an established hymn for Sarasvatī pūjā commonly recited in Vasanta Pañcamī not taken from any one particular text "Jaya jaya devi carācara sāre, kucayuga śobhita muktāhare. Viṇā (Vīṇā) rañjita pustaka haste, bhagavati bhārati devi namaste." On the right page there is a table with three vertical columns with some numerical figures of which the context is unclear. — Image 4: It contains names of numerals from 1-100 in the left page and in the right the names for place holders from Ones to Quintillion which is given as 1= Eka; 10 = Daśa; 100 = Saya; 1000 = Hajāra; 10,000 = Daśa Hajāra; 1,00,000 = Lakha; 10,00,000 = Daśa Lakha; 1,00,00,000 = Kaḍauḍ ; 10,00,00,000 = Daśa Kaḍauḍ; 1,00,00,00,000 = Araba, 10,00,00,00,000 = Daśa Araba; 1,00,00,00,00,000 = Kharaba; 10,00,00,00,00,000 = Daśa Kharaba; 1,00,00,00,00,00,000 = Nīla; 10,00,00,00,00,00,000 = Daśa Nīla; 1,00,00,00,00,00,00,000 = Padma; 10,00,00,00,00,00,00,000 = Daśa Padma; 1,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,000 = Śaṃkha; 10,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,000 = Daśa Śaṃkha. — Image 5: The left page contains an incomplete heading Ekaekata, below that there are a series of numbers written in numerals with increasing digits and their names written in words along side them with the largest number being 1234567890. Below this there is a paragraph written on numbers written in form of fractions in the end which continues to the right page. Below this there is a table which contains numeral place holders from ones to 100 million in the top row and random numbers below with an increasing digit with each succesive row with their names written in words on their right. — Image 6: It also contains a table like image 5 with random numbers but from ones to 10 million below a paragraph of text in the left page, while on the right page there is a table containing 15 multiples of the respective numbers from 1 to 16. — Image 7: Both pages contain mathematical problems with examples. — Image 8: It is a continuation of image 7 with addition problems with calculations. — Image 9 and Image10: They both contains substraction problems with calculations. — Image11 and image 12: They both contains more mathematical problems. — Image13: It appears to be a continuation of the previous page.
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Catalogue Metadata
| Title | Gaṇita related Manuscript |
| Repository | Smriti Shrestha Collection |
| Reference Number | eap_79007004 |
| Collection | Smriti Shrestha Collection |
| Language | Sanskrit |
| Script | Devanāgarī |
| Subject Classification | Gaṇita, Mathematics |
| Date | Date not listed |
| Place of Origin | Nepal |
| IIIF Manifest | Public IIIF manifest available |