04-14-2006, 07:38 PM
PTI reports
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New Delhi, Apr 14 (PTI) The medieval Indian manuscripts relating to Tantras, restricted only to its practitioners till now, have been brought into the public domain by the National Manuscripts Mission (NMM).
Of the 12 lakh manuscripts documented by the NMM during the last three years, 50,000 are on Tantras -- giving detailed descriptions of the rituals meant for "satisfying" spirits and supernatural elements.
"These manuscripts are the exact texts of mantra/scripts chanted during the tantric practices prevailing at that time in various parts of the country -- Kaula in Kashmir, Bhairava in western India and Yamala in Central India," says Dilip Kumar Rana, Assistant Mission Director of NMM.
<b>The NNM has found nearly 16 lakh manuscripts across the country. It has also digitalised 40,000 of the 12 lakh documented ones. Written on palm leaves, paper and birchbark, these manuscripts show the traditions, ranging from mythology to magic, music, dance and arts.</b>
<b>"During documentation, NMM found texts of manuscripts relating to various areas like Vedas, Vedantas, tantras, religion, history, philosophy, mythology, medicine, economics, art, drama, yoga and agriculture," reveals Rana.
"We have over one lakh manuscripts on the religous epics like Mahabharata and Ramayana," he adds.
Manuscripts on religious subjects like Smriti, Dana, Abhiseka, Upanayana and Vrata have also been found. Puranas like Buddha Purana, Sthalapurana and Jaina Purana constitute the text of manuscripts documented by the Mission set up by the Culture Ministry. </b>PTI
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If any one recalls there was drive a couple of years to recover manuscripts and digitize them so that they are not lost. Seems that effort was fruitful.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Manuscripts open new vistas of medieval India
New Delhi, Apr 14 (PTI) The medieval Indian manuscripts relating to Tantras, restricted only to its practitioners till now, have been brought into the public domain by the National Manuscripts Mission (NMM).
Of the 12 lakh manuscripts documented by the NMM during the last three years, 50,000 are on Tantras -- giving detailed descriptions of the rituals meant for "satisfying" spirits and supernatural elements.
"These manuscripts are the exact texts of mantra/scripts chanted during the tantric practices prevailing at that time in various parts of the country -- Kaula in Kashmir, Bhairava in western India and Yamala in Central India," says Dilip Kumar Rana, Assistant Mission Director of NMM.
<b>The NNM has found nearly 16 lakh manuscripts across the country. It has also digitalised 40,000 of the 12 lakh documented ones. Written on palm leaves, paper and birchbark, these manuscripts show the traditions, ranging from mythology to magic, music, dance and arts.</b>
<b>"During documentation, NMM found texts of manuscripts relating to various areas like Vedas, Vedantas, tantras, religion, history, philosophy, mythology, medicine, economics, art, drama, yoga and agriculture," reveals Rana.
"We have over one lakh manuscripts on the religous epics like Mahabharata and Ramayana," he adds.
Manuscripts on religious subjects like Smriti, Dana, Abhiseka, Upanayana and Vrata have also been found. Puranas like Buddha Purana, Sthalapurana and Jaina Purana constitute the text of manuscripts documented by the Mission set up by the Culture Ministry. </b>PTI
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If any one recalls there was drive a couple of years to recover manuscripts and digitize them so that they are not lost. Seems that effort was fruitful.