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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.
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 Gäitatilaka and its commentary; Chapter 2. On the edition of the Gäitatilaka and some methodological notes; Part 2: Translation; Chapter 3. Translation of the Gäitatilaka 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
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2022 |
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Genre: | Geschichte, Importe |
Jahrhundert: | Altertum |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
ISBN-13: | 9781032338538 |
ISBN-10: | 1032338539 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Petrocchi, Alessandra |
Hersteller: | Routledge |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 234 x 156 x 24 mm |
Von/Mit: | Alessandra Petrocchi |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 13.06.2022 |
Gewicht: | 0,685 kg |
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 Gäitatilaka and its commentary; Chapter 2. On the edition of the Gäitatilaka and some methodological notes; Part 2: Translation; Chapter 3. Translation of the Gäitatilaka 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
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2022 |
---|---|
Genre: | Geschichte, Importe |
Jahrhundert: | Altertum |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
ISBN-13: | 9781032338538 |
ISBN-10: | 1032338539 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Petrocchi, Alessandra |
Hersteller: | Routledge |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 234 x 156 x 24 mm |
Von/Mit: | Alessandra Petrocchi |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 13.06.2022 |
Gewicht: | 0,685 kg |