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The Lokavibhāga is a Jain cosmological text originally composed in Prakrit by a Digambara monk, Sarvanandi,[1] surviving in a later Sanskrit translation by one Siṃhasūri.[2] It the oldest known Indian source to use zero as number.[3] Surviving manuscripts of the Lokavibhāga are listed in v.26 of the New Catalogus Catalogorum.[4] Parts of the Bakhshali Manuscript on arithmetic, which does use a physically written symbol for zero, have been carbon-dated, but the results of this dating are puzzling and are still being debated.[5]
The printed edition of the Lokavibhāga states that the original Prakrit work was composed by Sarvanandin at Patalika in the Banarastra on a certain day the astronomical details of which are given. These correspond to 458 CE. The surviving text is a Sanskrit translation of Sarvanandin's work by one Simhasūri, made "some considerable time" after that date of Sarvanandin.[6]
References
- ↑ Encyclopaedia of Jainism By Nagendra Kr Singh, Indo-European Jain Research Foundation, Published by Anmol Publications PVT. LTD., 2001
- ↑ Lok Vibhag (1962) Ac 6785{{#if:Digital Library Of India|, Digital Library Of India}
- ↑ The Universal History of Numbers: From Prehistory to the Invention of the Computer{{#if:Ifrah|, Ifrah}. Wiley(2000). ISBN 0-471-39340-1
- ↑ New catalogus catalogorum: an alphabetical register of Sanskrit and allied works and authors Vol. 26 Vol. 26{{#if:Dash|, Dash}. Univ. of Madras(2013)
- ↑ The Bakhshālī Manuscript: A Response to the Bodleian Library's Radiocarbon Dating. History of Science in South Asia({Template:Date).
- ↑ Some Contributions Of South India To Indian Culture{{#if:Aiyangar|, Aiyangar}(1923)
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