Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts
by Rajendralala Mitra | 1871 | 921,688 words
These pages represent a detailed description of Sanskrit manuscripts housed in various libraries and collections around the world. Each notice typically includes the physical characteristics, provenance, script, and sometimes even summaries of the content of the Sanskrit manuscripts. The collection helps preserve and make accessible the vast herit...
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iv been a source of satisfaction to the writer if he could have added a few extracts with translations of important passages, but they would have been foreign to the scope of these "Notices," and would have involved the devotion of more time, labour and expense than he was in a position to afford. The plan followed in collecting information for this work will be found explained in the Prefaces to volumes I and II, and also in the Appendix to this volume.