Works
After eleven years' residence in India, Colebrooke began the study of the Sanskrit language; and to him was entrusted the translation of the major Digest of Hindu Laws, a monumental study of Hindu law which had been left unfinished by Sir William Jones. He translated the two treatises, the Mitacshara of Vijnaneshwara and the Dayabhaga of Jimutavahana, under the title Law of Inheritance. During his residence at Calcutta he wrote his Sanskrit Grammar (1805), some papers on the religious ceremonies of the Hindus, and his Essay on the Vedas (1805), for a long time the standard work in English on the subject.
- Bible translations into Persian Calcutta 1804
- Henry Thomas Colebrooke, ed. (1807). Kosha, Or Dictionary of the Sanscrit Language by Umura Singha with an English Interpretation and Annotations by H.T. Colebrooke. (3rd edition, 1891). Calcutta: Haragobinda Rakshit.– A scanned copy of the 3rd edition of this rare book has been made available online from the library of the University of Michigan, digitized September 7, 2006 – click here to read the original text
- Henry Thomas Colebrooke. (1837). Miscellaneous Essays. London: W.H. Allen & Company.– A scanned copy of this rare book has been made available online from the library of Harvard University, digitized August 12, 2005 – click here to read the original text
- Henry Thomas Colebrooke. (1858). On the Religion and Philosophy of the Hindus. London: Williams & Norgate.– A scanned copy of this rare book has been made available online from the library of Harvard University, digitized November 13, 2006 – click here to read the original text
- Henry Thomas Colebrooke. (1817). Algebra, with Arithmetic and mensuration: from the Sanscrit of Brahmegupta. By Brahmagupta, Bhāsakārācārya.Scanned copy of the book at available online at Google Book.
- Translated Mithakshara into English
A posthumous essay on his father's life was published by Sir T. E. Colebrooke in 1873 as part of a reprinting of Miscellaneous Essays.
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