गणितसारसंग्रह (महावीराचार्य - प्रो. लक्ष्मीचन्द्र जैन सविस्तार हिन्दी अनुवाद सटीक)

गणितसारसंग्रह ६५
manuscripts in Kanarese characters, one of them containing, like P,
the first five chapters, and the other the seventh chapter dealing
with the geometrical measurement of areas. In both these manu-
scripts there is to be found, in addition to the Sanskrit text of the
original work, a brief statement in the Kanarese language of the
figures relating to the various illustrative problems as also of the
answers to those same problems. Owing to the common charact-
eristics of these manuscripts and also owing to their not overlapping
one another in respect of their contents, it has been thought advisable
to look upon them as one manuscript and denote them by K. Another
manuscript, denoted by M, belongs to the Government Oriental
Library at Mysore, and was received on loan from Mr. A Mahadeva
Sastri, B. A., the Curator of that institution. This manuscript is a
transcription on paper in Kanarese characters of an original palm-
leaf manuscript belonging-to a Jaina Pandit, and contains the whole
of the work with a short commentary in the Kanarese language
by one Vallabha, .who claims to be the author of also a Telugu
commentary on the same work. Althought incorrect in many places,
it proved to be of great value on account of its being complete and
containing the Kanarese commentary; and my thanks are specially
due to Mr. A. Mahadeva Sastri for his leaving it sufficiently long at my
disposal. A fifth manuscript, denoted by B, is a transcription on paper
in Kanarese characters of a palm-leaf manuscript found in a Jaina
monastery at Mudbidri in South Canara, and was obtained through
the kind effort of Mr. R. Krishnamacharyar, M. A., he Sub-assistant
Inspector of Sanskrit Schools in Madras, and Mr. U. B. Venkatara-
manaiya of Mudbidri. This manuscript also contains the whole
work, and gives, like K, in Kanarese a brief statement of the pro-
blems and their answers. The endeavour to secure more manuscripts
having proved fruitless, the work has had to be brought out with
the aid of these five manucripts; and owing to the technical charac-
ter of the work and its elliptical and often riddle-like language and
the inaccuracy of the manuscripts, the labour involved in bringing
it out with the translation and the requisite notes has been heavy
and trying. There is, however, the satisfaction that all this labour
has been bestowed on a worthy work of considerable historical
value.