Descriptive Catalogue of Sanskrit Manuscripts in Tanjore Vol 01

SR No.: 020226
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: P P S Shastri
Publisher: Government of Madras
Publication Year: 1928
Total Pages: 480
Language: English, Sanskrit
Classification: Catalogue
File Size: 20 MB

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A large number of original records belonging to the last reigning house of Tanjore which will be of very great importance for reconstructing the political and social history of the Mahratha rule in Southern India has recently been transferred to the care of this Library from the Civil Court by order of the Judge.
Besides these manuscripts there are also a number of books and Manuscripts in almost all the Indian and European languages and on almost all branches of human knowledge. Special mention may here be made of the books and manuscripts in Telugu, Tamil, Mahrathi and English on account of their number and importance.
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Dr. Burnell issued what he modestly styled "A classified Index to the Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Palace at Tanjore," between 1878 and 1880. Between 1880 and 1918 for very nearly forty years, the Library has been the victim of many an outrage. Those who were in possession gave out on loan very many manuscripts which were never returned. And many more somehow other, found themselves into Libraries other than at Tanjore. Dr. Burnell's catalogue is very usful to us to trace out lost manuscripts, which are never likely to come back to us. Our losses are probably far more: for even Dr. Burnell's admirable catalogue was by no means a complete catalogue of all that existed. For, where he mentions a single work in a bundle, we are able to-day to trace two or more works in the same bundle.
The Committee appointed by the Government of Madras took charge early in 1919. Since then, they have been busily pushing forward the work of revising and preparing a fresh catalogue of all the works now in the Library according to the latest scientific methods. Each work is described in detail in a card-index-form which contains all the necessary particulars.
In 1920 a Catalogue of printed books in French, Latin, Italian and Greek was published. In 1926 three volumes of a Catalogue of Tamil Manuscripts in the Library were published. These are now on sale and can be had from the Secretary of the Library.
The Administrative Committee of the Library approached the Government of Madras, year after year with the request for a special grant to enable them to prepare and publish a descriptive