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Thibaut, George, 1848-1914We have 2 books for this author.George Frederick William Thibaut (March 20, 1848-1914) was an Indologist notable for his contributions to the understanding of ancient Indian mathematics and astronomy. Thibaut was born in Germany, worked briefly in England, and then in 1875 was appointed Professor at the Government Sanskrit College, India, later Benares College. Between 1875 and 1878 he published a detailed essay on the Śulba sūtras, together with a translation of the Baudhāyana Śulba sūtra; he later translated the Pañca siddhāntikā which he co-edited and with Pandit Sudhakara Dwivedi (the latter added a Sanskrit commentary). He also edited and translated the following volumes in Max Müller's Sacred Books of the East:
Thibaut contributed a number of Sanskrit manuscripts to the Department of Oriental Collections, Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, where they are archived today. External links
This biographical information was gathered from the George_Thibaut page, courtesy of the Wikipedia project. BooksThe Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1 |
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