02-09-2006, 11:37 PM
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Manuscript preservation `a big challenge'
Staff Reporter
India's manuscripts, which are in a bad condition, must be preserved, say experts
# India's manuscript collection oldest, most extensive in the world
# National Mission for Manuscripts hopes to cover all States by 2008
PRESERVING HERITAGE: V.R. Panchamukhi (right), with George Cardona, S.P. Thyagarajan and Sudha Gopalakrishnan in Chennai on Thursday. â Photo : M. Vedhan
CHENNAI: The National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM), set up by the Ministry of Culture, hopes to scan manuscript repositories in all States by 2008.
Addressing the inauguration of a three-day seminar on Krti Rakshana: Manuscripts and Indian Knowledge Systems, jointly organised by the NMM and the Department of Sanskrit, University of Madras, on Thursday, Sudha Gopalakrishnan, Director, NMM, said the knowledge reposed in manuscripts must be preserved.
The manuscripts, among the oldest and most extensive in the world, were spread across the country. However, most of them were in a state of decay and damage.
By the end of 2008, it hoped to cover all the States to scan manuscripts in the public and private domains, she said.
The University of Madras was collaborating with the NMM in digitisation of records.
Releasing the `Catalogus Catalogorum,' CD, S.P. Thyagarajan, Vice-Chancellor, University of Madras, said his interest in manuscripts was connected with his research in jaundice.
The occurrence of liver cancer and cirrhosis was related to Hepatitis B virus, which led him to manuscripts for references to the `keezhanalli' leaf, which is used as a medicine.
V.R. Panchamukhi, Chancellor, Rashtriya Sanskrita Vidyapeeth, (Deemed University), Tirupati, said it would be a huge job to undo the damage to the manuscripts.
George Cardona, Emeritus Professor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Kutumba Sastri, Vice-Chancellor, Rashtriya Vidya Peetha, New Delhi, and Siniruddha Dash, Head of Department, Samskrit, University of Madras were present at the inauguration
Manuscript preservation `a big challenge'
Staff Reporter
India's manuscripts, which are in a bad condition, must be preserved, say experts
# India's manuscript collection oldest, most extensive in the world
# National Mission for Manuscripts hopes to cover all States by 2008
PRESERVING HERITAGE: V.R. Panchamukhi (right), with George Cardona, S.P. Thyagarajan and Sudha Gopalakrishnan in Chennai on Thursday. â Photo : M. Vedhan
CHENNAI: The National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM), set up by the Ministry of Culture, hopes to scan manuscript repositories in all States by 2008.
Addressing the inauguration of a three-day seminar on Krti Rakshana: Manuscripts and Indian Knowledge Systems, jointly organised by the NMM and the Department of Sanskrit, University of Madras, on Thursday, Sudha Gopalakrishnan, Director, NMM, said the knowledge reposed in manuscripts must be preserved.
The manuscripts, among the oldest and most extensive in the world, were spread across the country. However, most of them were in a state of decay and damage.
By the end of 2008, it hoped to cover all the States to scan manuscripts in the public and private domains, she said.
The University of Madras was collaborating with the NMM in digitisation of records.
Releasing the `Catalogus Catalogorum,' CD, S.P. Thyagarajan, Vice-Chancellor, University of Madras, said his interest in manuscripts was connected with his research in jaundice.
The occurrence of liver cancer and cirrhosis was related to Hepatitis B virus, which led him to manuscripts for references to the `keezhanalli' leaf, which is used as a medicine.
V.R. Panchamukhi, Chancellor, Rashtriya Sanskrita Vidyapeeth, (Deemed University), Tirupati, said it would be a huge job to undo the damage to the manuscripts.
George Cardona, Emeritus Professor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Kutumba Sastri, Vice-Chancellor, Rashtriya Vidya Peetha, New Delhi, and Siniruddha Dash, Head of Department, Samskrit, University of Madras were present at the inauguration