Catalogue of Sanskrit Manuscripts
Title | Catalogue of Sanskrit Manuscripts PDF eBook |
Author | Hartmut Buescher |
Publisher | Comdc |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9788776942557 |
This new catalogue describes the holdings of the so-called Pandit Collection held at the Royal Library, Copenhagen. A diverse collection of more than 1,200 Sanskrit texts, it comprises codices ranging in length from several hundred folios to a single folio, or a manuscript fragment, often produced by educated (or in other cases by less educated) scribes. The Pandit Collection was purchased in Pune (Maharashtra) in the early 1920s from its now-unknown previous owner by the Danish indologist Poul Tuxen. As its name suggests, it is the Sanskrit manuscript collection of a pandit, a traditionally educated Indian scholar, part of it acquired by earlier generations of his brahmanic family. That makes the collection interesting from cultural-historical and anthropological points of view since it documents the wide range of learning, professional tasks and social functions that were covered by Indian scholars active in the last days of their pre-modern educational and scholarly tradition. Designed especially as an essential source of reference for scholars working in all aspects of manuscript studies, the catalogue includes numerous illustrations (many in colour) that help to identify the texts and give a glimpse of the condition, calligraphic styles and decorative elements of the manuscripts.
Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office
Title | Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office PDF eBook |
Author | India Office Library and Records |
Publisher | |
Pages | 178 |
Release | 1887 |
Genre | Manuscripts, Prakrit |
ISBN |
Catalogue of the Buddhist Sanskrit Manuscripts in the University Library, Cambridge
Title | Catalogue of the Buddhist Sanskrit Manuscripts in the University Library, Cambridge PDF eBook |
Author | Cambridge University Library |
Publisher | |
Pages | 358 |
Release | 1883 |
Genre | Buddha (The concept) |
ISBN |
Catalogue of Jyotiṣa Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library
Title | Catalogue of Jyotiṣa Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library PDF eBook |
Author | David Pingree |
Publisher | Sir Henry Wellcome Asian |
Pages | 574 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN |
The first descriptive guide to the important Wellcome collection of manuscripts containing texts on Sanskrit scientific manuscripts, covering well over a thousand manuscripts.
A Catalogue of Palm-leaf & Selected Paper Mss. Belonging to the Durbar Library, Nepal
Title | A Catalogue of Palm-leaf & Selected Paper Mss. Belonging to the Durbar Library, Nepal PDF eBook |
Author | Haraprasada Sastri, Mahamahopadhyaya |
Publisher | |
Pages | 454 |
Release | 1905 |
Genre | Manuscripts |
ISBN |
A Handlist of the Sanskrit and Prakrit Manuscripts in the Library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine
Title | A Handlist of the Sanskrit and Prakrit Manuscripts in the Library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine PDF eBook |
Author | D. Wujastyk |
Publisher | History of Medicine |
Pages | 340 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN |
Indic Manuscript Cultures through the Ages
Title | Indic Manuscript Cultures through the Ages PDF eBook |
Author | Vincenzo Vergiani |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Pages | 802 |
Release | 2017-12-18 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 3110543109 |
This collection of essays explores the history of the book in pre-modern South Asia looking at the production, circulation, fruition and preservation of manuscripts in different areas and across time. Edited by the team of the Cambridge-based Sanskrit Manuscripts Project and including contributions of the researchers who collaborated with it, it covers a wide range of topics related to South Asian manuscript culture: from the material dimension (palaeography, layout, decoration) and the complicated interactions of manuscripts with printing in late medieval Tibet and in modern Tamil Nadu, to reading, writing, editing and educational practices, from manuscripts as sources for the study of religious, literary and intellectual traditions, to the creation of collections in medieval India and Cambodia (one major centre of the so-called Sanskrit cosmopolis), and the formation of the Cambridge collections in the colonial period. The contributions reflect the variety of idioms, literary genres, religious movements, and social actors (intellectuals, scribes, patrons) of ancient South Asia, as well as the variety of approaches, interests and specialisms of the authors, and their impassionate engagement with manuscripts.