Hello Ms. Shirisha Rao,
I see your point and the advantages you talked about. Encoding once and
later can be used in the various Indian languages.
I am interested if you got it working, I am trying to digitize Commentary of
Bellamkonda on bhagwadgeeta.
regards
Aku
On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 12:02 AM, Shrisha Rao <sh...@nyx.net> wrote:
> El dic 20, 2010, a las 8:52 p.m., Dominik Wujastyk escribió:
>
> > I fail to understand your point. Pre-modern mathematics from South Asia
> is almost all written in Sanskrit.
>
> But not written in modern algebraic/arithmetic/set-theoretic notation; it
> contains Sanskrit equivalents of statements like "the square on the
> hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides."
>
> > If you edit and publish one of these works - as many do - you need the
> math capabilities of TeX. Hayashi's edition of the Bakhshali MS contains
> both an edition of the Sanskrit text from the codex unicus and a translation
> of it into English. Both parts of Hayashi's work used TeX's math
> capabilities extensively. Most editions are like this.
>
> These would count as contemporary translations of Sanskrit works, or
> presentations of math from Sanskrit works, which I already mentioned.
>
> Regards,
>
> Shrisha Rao
>
> > D
> >
> > On 20 December 2010 15:43, Shrisha Rao <sh...@nyx.net> wrote:
> > El dic 20, 2010, a las 8:02 p.m., Dominik Wujastyk escribió:
> >
> > > Actually, the famous edition of the Sanskrit Bakhshali manuscript, on
> medieval Indian mathematics, by Takao Hayashi was typset entirely in TeX.
> So was the recent book, History of Indian Mathematics, by Kim Plofker.
> >
> > I did not know that, but it makes sense.
> >
> > > In fact, TeX is the tool of choice for most people working at the
> forefront of the history of Indian mathematics.
> >
> > TeX is most common for people writing any kind of mathematics, including
> engineers, physicists, and computer scientists. However, my point was
> slightly different -- in a text that is almost entirely in Sanskrit (not a
> contemporary translation of a Sanskrit work or a work presented mathematics
> originally found in a Sanskrit text), there is unlikely to be much use for
> math notation.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Shrisha Rao
> >
> > > Dominik
> > >
> > >
> > > On 20 December 2010 15:28, Shrisha Rao <sh...@nyx.net> wrote:
> > > El dic 20, 2010, a las 5:05 p.m., Ulrike Fischer escribió:
> > >
> > > > Am Mon, 20 Dec 2010 16:55:07 +0530 schrieb Shrisha Rao:
> > > >
> > > >> I tried inserting the \catcode`\^=11, etc., right after
> > > >> \begin{document} and that seems to work.
> > > >
> > > > As long as you don't use ^ in math. In general it is better to keep
> > > > such changes local.
> > >
> > > Not very likely that math mode superscript/power notation will need to
> be used in Sanskrit texts, but I see your point.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Shrisha Rao
> > >
> > > > Ulrike Fischer
> > >
> > >
> > >
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