Catalogue of Sanskrit and Prakrit Manuscripts Part 3 A

SR No.: 018014
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jinvijay
Publisher: Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute Jodhpur
Publication Year: 1963
Total Pages: 624
Language: English
Classification: Catalogue & Catalogue
File Size: 8 MB

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Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute, Jodhpur
not an ordinary one, and, howsoever limited in resources, the Institute has, within a short span of 16 years collected and preserved about 83,000 manuscripts, written in Sanskrit, Prakrit, Aprabhramsa, Hindi, Old Rajasthani and Vraj etc. They deal with a variety of subjects including works on the Vedas, Brahmanas, Upanishads. Vedanta, Philosophy, Astrology, Logic, Grammar, Mimansa, Kavya, Nataka, Champu Classical metres, Katha, Akhyayika, Kamasutra, Ayurveda, History Some of them are very rare dating back to the 11th C. Some of these manuscripts are of exceptional exhibitory value being extensively illustrated representing certain broad characteristics of the various Rajput Schools of painting that flourished in the ancient and medieval times. Large amount, skill, time and patience would be required to bring out descriptive catalogues and reproductions of these illustrated works.
etc., etc.
There is a reference library also, containing about 11,500 rare and valuable volumes on various subjects.
Equal attention is paid to the closely allied aspects of preservation and publication. Under the series styled the "Rajasthan Puratana Granthmala" the Institute has so far published 79 works and a good many are under print. The series can take the pride of co-operation and contribution of well-known and veteran scholars of the country like the late M.M. Pt. Giridhara Sharma Chaturvedi, late Bhatta Mathura Nathji, late Pt. Kedar Nath Jyotirvid, Prof. H.D. Velankar, Prof. Dashratha Sharma, Prof. R.C. Parikh, Prof. K.B. Vyas, Prof. M.C. Modi, Pandit Bechar Dasji Doshi and others who have edited a number of works brought out by the Institute. These works have been highly appreciated by eminent scholars in the country and abroad in that they make a definite advance in the exploring of the hitherto unknown material.
A scheme for the preservation and publication of important manuscripts in the Jain Grantha Bhandars at Jaisalmer was taken up by the Institute. Both the late President and the late Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru, after visiting Jaisalmer, had expressed their wishes for the preservation and proper study of these manuscripts. Consequently, the Government of Rajasthan took up the work through the Rajasthan