A Descriptive Catalogue of Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Private Library of H.H. Shri Rajarajesjwar Maharajadhiraj Maharaja Shri Harisinghji Bahadur of J & K and Mahacinacara Kaksaputa and Tararahasya

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This catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the National Archives of India, lists codices which were transferred from the personal library of H.H. the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir to the Archives when the State acceded to India. They contain unknown texts as well as ancient versions of known texts in the Sharada script. Sharada manuscripts were insulated in the inaccessible valley of Kashmir and thus they have preserved striking original readings. The names of the three Classical cities of Rome, Alexandria and Antioch have survived in the Sharada mss of the Sabhaparva of the Mahabharata. These names have been garbled in all other versions spread over several hundred manuscripts. This royal collection encompasses Vedic texts, smrti, dharmasastra, itihasa, purana, philosophy, grammar, lexicography, drama, poetry, poetics, astrology, ritual, medicine, polity, tantras, martial arts, etc. It will open up rich source materials to the academic world for the first time.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Lokesh Chandra

Prof. Lokesh Chandra is a renowned scholar of Tibetan, Mongolian and Sino-Japanese Buddhism. He has to his credit over 400 works and text editions. Among them are classics like his Tibetan-Sanskrit Dictionary, Materials for a History of Tibetan Literature, Buddhist Iconography of Tibet, and the present Dictionary of Buddhist Art in about 20 volumes. Prof. Lokesh Chandra was nominated by the President of the Republic of India to the Parliament in 1974-80 and again in 1980-86. He has been a Vice-President of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, and Chairman of the Indian Council of Historical Research. Presently he is Director, International Academy of Indian Culture.

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Title
A Descriptive Catalogue of Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Private Library of H.H. Shri Rajarajesjwar Maharajadhiraj Maharaja Shri Harisinghji Bahadur of J & K and Mahacinacara Kaksaputa and Tararahasya
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1st ed.
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9788177421170
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244p., Illustrations; Maps; 29cm.
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