09-20-2007, 10:29 PM
A museum will be built on the Murugharajendra math premises to display manuscripts, inscriptions which belong to a period between 12th century and 19th century
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The Murugharajendra Math, one of the ancient maths of Chitradurga district, has a big collection of manuscripts and copper plate inscriptions. <b>The math has been collecting manuscripts and inscriptions for the past over 200 years. The math authorities say that they have 800 manuscripts written on palm leaves and over 5,000 manuscripts written on paper, along with a few copper plate inscriptions.</b>
<b>These manuscripts belong to a period between 12th century and 19th century. </b>They essentially mention about the Vachanas of the 12th century social reformer Basaveshwara and other propagators of Veerashaivism, including Akkamahadevi.
Mentioning about a few most ancient and valuable manuscripts, epigraphist Rajashekharappa said that the math has a few unpublished poems of Harihara, a Kannada poet of the 13th century.
<b>âShabdamani Dharmapuran, a 13th century grammar book of old Kannada, is one of the invaluable treasures of the math,â</b> he said. Besides manuscripts, the math has innumerable collections of letters written by the Palegars of Chitradurga, the Keladdi kings of the Malnad region who ruled between the 16th and the 18th centuries.
A bell, which has inscriptions of Biccugatti Bharmanna Nayak, a feudal king of Chitradurga, and another letter written in âgold-coloured inkâ by Lingaraj Wodeyar of Kodagu district, are among the other precious collections.
Prof. Rajashekharappa feels that a great amount of study is still required to bring out more information about the manuscripts. So far, the collection has been preserved in a small room. But the math is now planning to exhibit the treasure by constructing a building.
To preserve this heritage, officials of the Chitrakala Parishat and the Department of Manuscript, Bangalore, visited the math. <b>Experts from the department would use scientific methods to protect the manuscripts from being spoiled.</b>
<b>To educate the people, the math has published catalogues and books about the manuscripts.</b>
Soon, a museum would be constructed on the math premises to display the treasure. Prof. Rajashekharappa, who has made extensive study on the manuscripts, said that it will indeed help researchers to bring out more details about an ancient era and about age-old Kannada literature. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->A museum will be built on the math premises to display the treasure
The Murugharajendra Math, one of the ancient maths of Chitradurga district, has a big collection of manuscripts and copper plate inscriptions. <b>The math has been collecting manuscripts and inscriptions for the past over 200 years. The math authorities say that they have 800 manuscripts written on palm leaves and over 5,000 manuscripts written on paper, along with a few copper plate inscriptions.</b>
<b>These manuscripts belong to a period between 12th century and 19th century. </b>They essentially mention about the Vachanas of the 12th century social reformer Basaveshwara and other propagators of Veerashaivism, including Akkamahadevi.
Mentioning about a few most ancient and valuable manuscripts, epigraphist Rajashekharappa said that the math has a few unpublished poems of Harihara, a Kannada poet of the 13th century.
<b>âShabdamani Dharmapuran, a 13th century grammar book of old Kannada, is one of the invaluable treasures of the math,â</b> he said. Besides manuscripts, the math has innumerable collections of letters written by the Palegars of Chitradurga, the Keladdi kings of the Malnad region who ruled between the 16th and the 18th centuries.
A bell, which has inscriptions of Biccugatti Bharmanna Nayak, a feudal king of Chitradurga, and another letter written in âgold-coloured inkâ by Lingaraj Wodeyar of Kodagu district, are among the other precious collections.
Prof. Rajashekharappa feels that a great amount of study is still required to bring out more information about the manuscripts. So far, the collection has been preserved in a small room. But the math is now planning to exhibit the treasure by constructing a building.
To preserve this heritage, officials of the Chitrakala Parishat and the Department of Manuscript, Bangalore, visited the math. <b>Experts from the department would use scientific methods to protect the manuscripts from being spoiled.</b>
<b>To educate the people, the math has published catalogues and books about the manuscripts.</b>
Soon, a museum would be constructed on the math premises to display the treasure. Prof. Rajashekharappa, who has made extensive study on the manuscripts, said that it will indeed help researchers to bring out more details about an ancient era and about age-old Kannada literature. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->