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The Shaiva Manuscripts of Pondicherry

Book information

Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1385625 bytes)
Pages
\11
Topic
Religion Buddhism
Library
twirpx
Time added
2017-08-07 07:01:42
Библиотека;Религиозная литература;Буддизм

Description

Booklet. — Institut Français de Pondichéry. — (A UNESCO "Memory of the World" Collection).The manuscript collection of the French Institute of Pondicherry was started in 1956 under the auspices of its founder-director, the polymath Jean Filliozat, by collecting all material relating to Saiva Agamas. The collection contains approximately 8500 palm-leaf codices, most of which are in Sanskrit language and written in Grantha script, while others are in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Nandinagari and Tulu scripts. The collection is today included in the UNESCO "Memory of the World" Register.

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