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DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE.
Dr. Burnell issued "a Classified Index of the Sanskrit Mss. in the Palace at Tanjore" in three parts between 1878-1880 and noticed briefly 12,376 Mss. At present the Library possesses very nearly 25,000 Sanskrit Mss. The present Descriptive Catalogue is expected to furnish detailed notices regarding all the 25,000 Sanskrit Mss. When the scheme of a descriptive catalogue of the Sanskrit Mss. in the Tanjore Palace Library, Tanjore was first discussed, I expected that the whole catalogue may not exceed 5000 pages of printed matter. But the experience of the last two years shows that the Descriptive Catalogue would easily exceed 10,000 pages. As the Government Grant sanctioned in G. O. No. Mis. 568 dated 9th April 1927 contemplates only a three-year programme ending with 31st March 1930 for a catalogue estimated to extend over approximately 5,000 pages, I have to set forth in detail the scheme which is proposed to serve as a guide for the Sanskrit Mss. contained in this Library.
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GENERAL SCHEME
The 25,000 Sanskrit Mss. of this Library may be roughly classified under the following heads:
PART I-VEDIC LITERATURE.
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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
Samhitas and Samhitabhaṇyas. Brahmanas and Brahmanabhāṣyas. Aranyakas and Āraṇyakabhāṣyas. Upanisads and Upanisadbhasyas. Nos. 1677.
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