Descriptive Catalogue of Sanskrit Manuscripts in Tanjore Vol 08

SR No.: 020233
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: P P S Shastri
Publisher: Government of Madras
Publication Year: 1930
Total Pages: 476
Language: English, Sanskrit
Classification: Catalogue
File Size: 16 MB

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paper. Having been frequently bandled by ignorant and careless men the manuscripts became mixed up, and the owner, who despaired of restoring order among them, made them into bundles and tied them with cloth. About two years ago, Mr. Kuppuswami Sāstri, 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, Jambunāthabhatta showed me about one hundred of these bundleg. 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 “ Kāgalkar" and the "Patanga Avadhūta " collections. The former is about 169 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 (1907) contains the autograph copios 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 Patargāvadhūta whose descendants settled at Tiruvadamaradūr in Tanjore District contains a large number of works on Vedānta (acran:) and Bhakti (Ff:). Both these collections comprise several Manuscripts which do not already exist in this Library.
The attention of the Government of India and through it of the Government of Madras was directed in 1868 to the importance of the examination, purobase or transcription of Sanskrit Manus