The Bakhshali Manuscript

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Author(s): Takao Hayashi
Publisher: EGBERT FORSTEN
Year: 1995

Language: English

Title page
Preface
List of Tables
List of Figures
I INTRODUCTION
1 Description and Historiography
2 Size and Order of the Leaves
3 Script
4 Linguistic Peculiarities
5 Meter
6 Special Terminology
7 Style of Exposition
8 Abbreviations and Symbols
9 Numerical Expressions
10 Classifications of the Rules
11 Root-Approximation Formulas
12 Weights and Measures
13 Sources of the Bakhshali Manuscript
14 Date and Place of Composition
II SANSKRIT TEXT
III TRANSLATION
IV COMMENTARY
1 Numbered Sutras
2 Unidentified Sutras
3 Conjectured Sutras
4 Quoted Sutras
APPENDICES
A List of Sutras
B Concordance of Rules and Examples
C Numerical Data
D Terms for the Fundamental Operations
E Proper Names
F Addressees in Examples
G Patan Manuscript HJJM 8894
H Bibliography
I Glossary-Index of Sanskrit Words
J Abbreviations
K Photographof the Bakhshali Manuscript