This bibliographic survey is first of its kind in the area of Palaeography and Manuscriptology. It is the strength and importance of this work. It enlists about 1500 entries from more than 150 journals, felicitation volumes and books. Pertinent and precious information collected from rare and back-dated issues of journals presented in this volume constitutes its unique feature. It will give a glimpse of the research works produced so far by the indological scholars. Therefore, this work is a valuable research tool and a rich data bank of references useful for those working in the field of Manuscriptology. It will be of immense use since I embodies the basic source material, for which a researcher is always in search of.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Sweta Prajapati
Dr. Sweta Prajapati, the editgor of the present work is workwing as a Research Officer in the Oriental Institute, M.S. University, Baroda. Her Ph.D. thesis ‘Influence of Nyaya Philosophy on Sanskrit Poetics’ published in 1998, has brought approbation from the scholars. Various Gold Medals and prizes are awarded to her for her outstanding career. She has so far contributed 25 research papers written in English, Hindi and Gujarati to various academic journals. Though Alankarasastra is her specialized field, yet, the other fields like Nyayasastra, Manuscriptology and Modern Sanskrit Literature have captured her irrepressible interest. At present, she is engaged in the preparation of ‘ Alphabetical List of Manuscripts in the Oriental Institute, Vadodara, Vol. IV’, (jointly) ‘Annotated Bibliography of Manuscriptology and Textual Criticism’, the Critical Edition of the Nyayasutravrtti ‘Ratnamala’, a rara and unpublished Commentary on the Nyayasutras.
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