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૧૯૦ હસ્તપ્રતવિદ્યા અને આગ સાહિત્ય : સંશોધન અને સંપાદન concerned here with the record category of the writing material. The problem of the presentation of the above said recened category of material touches also on the location of the building housing such mss i.e. msslibrary and archives. In ancient times it was generally located in a place which was free from the adverse effects of the monsoon climate and the extreme heat of summer. The walls of such building are desired to be not sent. In modern times mass-libraries and archives in industrialised towns and either are to be situated, where they are generally mostly free from various effects, e.g. of sulphur dioxide, sulphmetal hydrogen and other acidic gases, or are to be equipped with facilities which annul the damaging effects. There should be a good free movement of pure air beneficial in the presentation and protection of mass.
The religious literature of ancient India viz. Vedic and allied texts are preserved in a great degree of purity through oral transmission which has several stiff techniques of preserving the purity of the text. The transition from and transmission to written or even mental transmission came about gradually. The nature of the writing material used in ancient and medieval India is not everlasting. It is well-known that the majority of Indian mass are not earlier than the 10th century A.d. and most of them are later than the 13th century A.D. Paper mass are not earlier then the 13th century A.D., where as the palm-leaf or birdsbank mass include mass which are a little earlier. The texts that have came down to mass were copied for the most
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