List of tables Preface List of abbreviations Part 1: Introduction Chapter 1. Introducing the Gaitatilaka and its commentary 1.1 Sanskrit mathematical writings in medieval India 1.2 Authorship and content of the Gaitatilaka 1.3 The Gaitatilaka , a work on paigaita 1.4 Sihatilakasuri, the commentator of the Gaitatilaka 1.5 The genre of mathematical commentaries 1.6 Aspects of style and language in Sihatilakasuri''s commentary 1.
7 Reading the Gaitatilaka and its commentary Chapter 2. On the edition of the Gaitatilaka and some methodological notes 2.1 The edition 2.2 The Sanskrit manuscript 2.3 Linguistic phenomena and oddities: between the manuscript and the edition 2.4 Lines of transmission and internal evidence 2.5 Methodological notes: a philological perspective 2.6 Theory and praxis of textual criticism 2.
7 A new verse numbering system Part 2: Translation Some notes on the English translation Editorial conventions Chapter 3. Translation of the Gaitatilaka and its commentary 3.1 Homage to the Jina 3.2 Benedictory verse (magalacaraa) [GT 1kasuri''s commentary 1.7 Reading the Gaitatilaka and its commentary Chapter 2. On the edition of the Gaitatilaka and some methodological notes 2.1 The edition 2.2 The Sanskrit manuscript 2.
3 Linguistic phenomena and oddities: between the manuscript and the edition 2.4 Lines of transmission and internal evidence 2.5 Methodological notes: a philological perspective 2.6 Theory and praxis of textual criticism 2.7 A new verse numbering system Part 2: Translation Some notes on the English translation Editorial conventions Chapter 3. Translation of the Gaitatilaka and its commentary 3.1 Homage to the Jina 3.2 Benedictory verse (magalacaraa) [GT 1ter 3.
Translation of the Gaitatilaka and its commentary 3.1 Homage to the Jina 3.2 Benedictory verse (magalacaraa) [GT 1] 3.3 Section on technical terms [GT 212] 3.4 Arithmetical operations with integers [GT 1334] 3.5 Arithmetical operations with fractions [GT 3551] 3.6 Arithmetic of zero [GT 52] 3.7 Classes of simplification of fractions [GT 5363] 3.
8 Type- problems of fractions [GT 6492] 3.9 Inverse operation [GT 9394] 3.10 Rules on proportion [GT 95117] 3.11 Rule of five (pañcarasika) [GT 107117] 3.12 Barter (bhaapratibhaa) [GT 112117] 3.13 The sale of living beings (jivavikraya) [GT115117] 3.14 Practices [GT 118133] 3.15 Commission to the moneylender (vyajopajivivtti) [GT 120] 3.
16 Rule on interest [GT 122] 3.17 Rule on time and double capital [GT 124] 3.18 Conversion of several bonds into one (ekapatrakaraa) [GT 127] 3.19 Equating instalments of capital (samikaraa) [GT 131] Part 3: Text analysis Chapter 4. Text analysis 4.1 Preliminaries 4.2 Benedictory section (magalacaraa) [GT 1] 4.3 Section on technical terms (paribhaa) [GT 2 12] 4.
4 The eight arithmetical operations with integers [GT 13 34] 4.5 The eight arithmetical operations with fractions [GT 35- 51] 4.6 Classes of simplification of fractions [GT 53 63] 4.7 Type- problems of fractions [GT 64 92] 4.8 Inverse operation [GT 93- 94] 4.9 Rules on proportion [GT 95 117] 4.10 The rule of five (pañcarasika) [GT 107] 4.11 Barter (bhaapratibhaa) [GT 112] 4.
12 The rule regarding the sale of living beings (jivavikraya) [GT 115] 4.13 Practices [GT 118 133] 4.14 Commission to the moneylender (vyajopajivivtti) [GT 120] 4.15 Rule on interest [GT 122] 4.16 Rule on time and double capital [GT 124] 4.17 Conversion of several bonds into one (ekapatrakaraa) [GT 127] 4.18 Equating instalments of capital (samikaraa) [GT 131] 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 3.1 Glossary of mathematical terms (Sanskrit-English) 3.
2 Glossary of mathematical terms (English-Sanskrit) 3.3 Glossary of measuring units Bibliography Index.