Ganittilakam Savrtuttikam

Author(s): Hiralal R Kapadia
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra

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INTRODUCTION
Sanskrit. According to Dvivedi', it contains 300 verses in the Aryā metre and hence it has this significant title. This Tris'atī deals with ankagasita and kşetraganita as well. Herein we come across several terms such as stambhoddes'a, pratyutpannas etc. not to be found in Līlāvatī. The hemistich beginning with tai Taurett: of Sridhara“ which is quoted in Ganitasārasangraha (i, 52, p. 6) cannot and does not form a part of Trīs'atī as can be easily seen from the difference in metre. So it may be that this hemistich belongs to some other bigger work of which Trīs'atī is an epitome. Or it may be that this belongs to the Bījaganita of S'rīdhara who is referred to by Bhāskarācārya as bījaganitakāra. There is a work named Jātakapaddhati", the author of which is also named as S'rīdhara and which is commented upon by Kes'ava in Saka 1418. Nyāyakandali composed in S'āka 913 is a work of some Sridhara born of Abboka, wife of Baladeva. Sudhākara Dvivedi opines that he is the same as the author of Trīs'atikā. Competent scholars may ascertain if these Sridharas can be identified as Tris atīkāra.
Our author S'rīpati seems to have closely followed Trīs'atā, and it appears that he has borrowed many things from it, Three examples of S'rīdhara have been expressed by S'rīpati in different words, and in some cases details have been somewhat modified.?
1 This work has been edited by Sudhakara Dvivedi in A. D. 1899, Benares, and has been printed at the Nirnaya Sagar Press, Bombay. Its rules have been translated into English by N. Ramanujachariar with historical notes in Bibliotheca Mathematica vol. 13, No. 3, p. 203 ff., (1912-13). See Dutta and Singh, l. C., p. 250.
2 He makes up 300 by counting the solations as 120 versos, Otherwise his edition contains 180 verses.
3 We come across this term in works of Brahmagupta and in Ganitasārasangraha. For the Prākrit equivalent see p. XXIV, foot-notes 5, 7 and 8.
4 See "Descriptive Catalogue of Samskrta and Prākṣta MSS." (B. B. R. A, 8.) vol. I, p. 78 and Colebrook's miscellaneous essays (vol. II. pp. 422, 469 and 500).
5 Cf. p. X, foot-note 1, 6 See p. LXI.
7 I am told that there is a MS, of Trīs'ati belonging to Sheth Kasturbhāi Lalbhāi wherein are noted letter-numerals up to 10,000. Even if this is true, I cannot say definitely whether this is the same work as the one described , unless I get a chance of handling the MS.