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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
JII GENERAL SCHEME
OF THE DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE.
Dr. Bornell 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 more than 25,000 Sanskrit Mss. The present Descriptive Catalogue is expected to furnish detailed notices regarding all the Sanskrit M89. When the scheine 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 inatter. 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. 563 dated 9th April 1927 contemplates only a three-year programme ending with 31st March 1930 for catalogue estimated to extend over approximately 5,000 pages, I have to set forth in detail the scheine which is proposed to serve as a guide for the Sanskrit Mss. contained in this Library.
The 25,600 Sanskrit Mss. of this Library may be roughly classifiod under the following heads :
PART I-VEDIC LITERATURE. 1. Vedas: Smbitās and Sqabitabhāgyas.
Brāhmanas and Brāhmaṇabhūyyas. Aranyakas and Aranyakabhāgyas. Upaniyads and Upaniqadbhāgyas.
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