Descriptive Catalogue of Sanskrit Manuscripts in Tanjore Vol 06

SR No.: 020231
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: P P S Shastri
Publisher: Government of Madras
Publication Year: 1929
Total Pages: 490
Language: English, Sanskrit
Classification: Catalogue
File Size: 15 MB

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paper. Having been frequently handled by ignorant and careless men the manuscripts became mixed mp, and the owner, who despaired of restoring order a nong them, made them into bundles and tied them with cloth. About two years ago, Mr. Kuppuswami Sástrí, to whom examination of Sanskrit manuscripts is a labour of love, prepared a tentative list of the contents of these bundles. When I went to Tanjore on the 2nd January, Jambunăthabhatta showed me about one hundred of these bundles. A cursory inspection of them satisfied me that the Library was an important one and it should be carefully examined. This meant that not only should these works which were still complete be registered in my list but that an attempt should also be made to put together pieces which, through careless bandling, had got out of their places.”
In 1922, the Library received other valuable collections of rare interest, known as the “ Kägalkar" and the " Patanga Avadhūta" collections. The former is about 159 and the latter, about 100 years old. The collection made by the Kāgalkar Family of learned Sanskrit Scholars of Tanjore especially versed in Sanskrit Grammar (271%TUTA) contains the autograph copies made by some of them of the works composed by themselves and others. Its prominent feature is the collection of works on Sanskrit Grammar. The collection made by Pataigāvadhūta whose descendants settled at Tiruvada marudūr in Tanjore District contains a large number of works on Vedānta (aaraa:) and Bhakti (#14:). Both these collections comprise several Manuscripts which do not already exist in this Library.
The atténtion of the Government of India and through it of the Government of Madras was directed in 1868 to the importance of the examination, purchase or transcription of Sanskrit Manus