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Topic: Can you translate from Sanskrit? Euclid's definition of
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Jonathan Crabtree

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Re: Can you translate from Sanskrit? Euclid's definition of
multiplication...
Posted: Mar 14, 2013 2:47 AM
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Dear GSC

Thank you for your reply.

Just as you wished you had learnt Sanskrit I wish I had learnt Latin.

Even though a lot of my time is invested with Greek mathematics, Latin and Sanskrit are perhaps the two greatest academic languages.

I am lucky to have found translations from Sanskrit to English online for the books written by:
- - Aryabhata (Aryabhatiya)
- - Brahmagupta (Brahmasphuta-siddhantas) and
- - Bhaskara II (Lilavati).

Best wishes,
Jonathan Crabtree

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