Bibliographic Survey of Indian Manuscript Catalogues

SR No.: 020092
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Subhash C Bishwas, M K Prajapati
Publisher: Eastern Book Linkers
Publication Year: 1998
Total Pages: 351
Language: English
Classification: Catalogue
File Size: 17 MB

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Bibliographic Survey of Indian Manuscript Catalogues
the South India, collected by ...Colin Mackenzie / by H.W. Wilson. 2nd ed. [complete in one volume] Madras: Higginbotham, 1882. xviii, 636 p.
Besides other articles, contains 1568 Sanskrit and other languages mss., with description of the contents. Arranged by subject.
The index has been carefully revised and enlarged (p. 622-36). A brief outline of the Life of Colin Mackenzie and of the steps taken to catalogue and utilize his collection (p.vii-xviii). The collection is now mostly in the Oriental & India Office Collections of the British Library, London. Originally the catalogue was published under the same title by the Asiatic Society, Calcutta in 1828 in two Volumes. (cliv, 357; 148, cclxix, 14 p.)
Location: ALRC, ASB, ASC, BORI, BUL, BVB, CSL, CUL, GOML, IFI, MUDS, NA, NL, SJM, SSUL, SVUORI.
-Mackenzie manuscripts: Summaries of the historical manuscripts in the Mackenzie collection/ ed. by T. Mahalingam. Madras: University of Madras, 1972-1976. 2 v. (xxiv, 337, 5; xv, 515 p.)
Vol.I
Tamil and Malayalam. Contents: Preface; Colin Mackenzie (p. ixxii) Introduction; Appx: Manuscripts on Jainism (p. xlii-liv); List of mss. summerised; Summeries of mss.: Local tracts no. 1-87 (p. 1-337);
Vol.II Telugu, Kannada and Marathi. - Contents: List of mss. summarised; Local tracts: Telugu (no. 88-104), Telugu and Kannada (105-154); Telugu, Kannada and Persian (155-174); Kannada (175-182); Kannada and Marathi (183-220).
Detailed summary of 220 important historical mss. in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Marathi and Persian which were collected by Mackenzie in carly 19th century. Earlier these mss. were catalogued by H.W. Wilson, and William Taylor in 1828 and 1862 respectively. The collection (catalogued by Mahalingam) is now housed in University of Madras.
Location: BUL, CSL, KUD, MUL.
See also nos. 0568; 0627; 0628; 0635; 0642 (v.8 11);0643(v.3); 0645 (v.1415); 0655; 0966.
Madras. Adyar Library and Research Centre
A partial list of rare mss. belonging to the Adyar Library. -Madras: s.n., [1890?]. Description of 60 Sanskrit mss.
-A catalogue of Sanskrit and other works in the Oriental section of the Adyar Library, the property of the Theosophical Society, completed upto December 1891. Adyar, Madras: Theosophical Society, 1891. 240 p.