Posted on: 14 May 2011

Digital Rare Book :
The Rekhâgaṇita or Geometry in Sanskrit
Composed by Samrad Jagannatha
Undertaken for publication by Harilal Harshadrai Dhruva
Edited by Kamalasankara Pranasankara Trivedi
Published by Government Central Book Depot, Bombay - 1901


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Read Book Online : http://www.archive.org/stream/rekhgaitaorgeom00dhrugoog#page/n6/mode/2up

Download pdf Book : http://ia600305.us.archive.org/5/items/rekhgaitaorgeom00dhrugoog/rekhgaitaorgeom00dhrugoog.pdf

This is a Sanskrit translation of Euclid's Geometry made from an Arabic text by Samarj Jagannath, a pandit in the court of Raja Jaysimha of Jaipur done in the 18th century (some 270 years ago). Raja Jaysimha is credited with revival of astronomy in India. There is an interesting paper available in the link below. If someone can access the full paper, it wll be interesting to read irt.

http://www.jstor.org/pss/3181975