02-08-2007, 08:39 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-Bodhi+Feb 7 2007, 08:47 PM-->QUOTE(Bodhi @ Feb 7 2007, 08:47 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Up until 90s, it had royal patronage and protection of Nepal kingdom, which had supported Math financially too.
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
It cannot be stressed enough how bad the fall of the Nepali Rajya is for Hindus in general. 1) The followers of the Tantric AmnAya-s of pashchimAmnAya and uttarAmnAya have important connections with Nepal, which were well served by the late Raja Birendra. Now the very access to the original texts, the survival of the priests of important shrines and patronage for editing these extraodinary pieces of tantric literature have been jeopardized.
2) The pristine Hindu festivals like indra dhvaja have not been observed in India for centuries and are only observed in Nepal. Their loss would mean the final extinction of these most ancient Hindu festivals that many Hindus in india do not even seem to know of.
3) Financial support for different Hindu maThas including that mentioned by Bodhi.
4) The sanskrit collections of the rAjas was amongst the best material of what might have existed in North India had the Moslems not overrun it. Many of these sanskrit works have not been properly studied or published-- with the royal support I am very skeptical of their chances of survival.
Given the the orientation of the Indian government it is unlikely to help in any way in this direction.
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
It cannot be stressed enough how bad the fall of the Nepali Rajya is for Hindus in general. 1) The followers of the Tantric AmnAya-s of pashchimAmnAya and uttarAmnAya have important connections with Nepal, which were well served by the late Raja Birendra. Now the very access to the original texts, the survival of the priests of important shrines and patronage for editing these extraodinary pieces of tantric literature have been jeopardized.
2) The pristine Hindu festivals like indra dhvaja have not been observed in India for centuries and are only observed in Nepal. Their loss would mean the final extinction of these most ancient Hindu festivals that many Hindus in india do not even seem to know of.
3) Financial support for different Hindu maThas including that mentioned by Bodhi.
4) The sanskrit collections of the rAjas was amongst the best material of what might have existed in North India had the Moslems not overrun it. Many of these sanskrit works have not been properly studied or published-- with the royal support I am very skeptical of their chances of survival.
Given the the orientation of the Indian government it is unlikely to help in any way in this direction.