Digitising palm leaf manuscripts to preserve a slice of India’s intellectual heritage
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Digitising palm leaf manuscripts to preserve a slice of India’s intellectual heritage

The Hindu  

The Oriental Research Institute in Mysuru, which has a vast collection of centuries-old palm leaf manuscripts, is set to unlock a slice of India’s ancient knowledge to scholars around the world for research and further studies. 15,000 bundles The ORI is a repository of nearly 15,000 bundles of palm leaf manuscripts enshrining nearly 70,000 works of a bygone era. Then nearly 15,000 bundles of palm leaf manuscripts had about 12.50 lakh folios and as the writing was on both sides of each folio, about 2.5 million images had to be scanned, edited and the soft copies are now on hard disc, explained Mr. Ravi. Paper manuscripts too But not many are aware that apart from palm leaf manuscripts, the ORI also possesses about 5000 paper manuscripts and they are now in the process of being digitised.

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National seminar calls for preservation of manuscripts
6 days, 15 hours ago

National seminar calls for preservation of manuscripts

The Hindu  

The Department of Folklore and Tribal Studies, Dravidian University, in collaboration with the National Mission for Manuscripts, Ministry of Culture, Government of India, organised in Kuppam a three-day national seminar titled ‘Preserving the Past to Understand the Present: Manuscript Traditions of Folk and Tribal Communities in South India,’ which concluded on Friday. Vice-chancellor M. Doraswamy said the event emphasised the …

Palm-leaf scrolls uncover roots of Kerala's rich heritage
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Palm-leaf scrolls uncover roots of Kerala's rich heritage

New Indian Express  

KOTTAYAM: Long before the advent of paper, Kerala had an elaborate method for preserving ancient knowledge and wisdom. The ancient people collected leaves of palm trees, dried them and etched letters onto them using a stylus, ‘narayam.’ The well-crafted palm-leaf manuscripts are not just records, but rather bridges that connect the past and the present. The discovery of a large …

Mysuru institute’s rare books going digital
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Mysuru institute’s rare books going digital

New Indian Express  

MYSURU: The Oriental Research Institute of the University of Mysore, globally revered for preserving and publishing rare manuscripts and palm-leaf texts, has taken a monumental step towards digitisation. The 138-year-old institution, which houses an impressive collection of around 45,000 printed rare books — including scholarly journals and ancient texts on Ayurveda, physics, chemistry and aviation — is now in the …

Potala Palace moving to preserve ancient texts
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3 months ago

Potala Palace moving to preserve ancient texts

China Daily  

The Potala Palace in the Xizang autonomous region has achieved notable results in phases in the protection and utilization of ancient texts. Since the launch of the national project for the protection and utilization of ancient texts such as the Potala Palace palm-leaf manuscripts in 2018, more than 68 million yuan has been invested to advance the project. According to …

Potala Palace moving to preserve ancient texts
Trending News
3 months ago

Potala Palace moving to preserve ancient texts

China Daily  

The Potala Palace in the Xizang autonomous region has achieved notable results in phases in the protection and utilization of ancient texts. Since the launch of the national project for the protection and utilization of ancient texts such as the Potala Palace palm-leaf manuscripts in 2018, more than 68 million yuan has been invested to advance the project. According to …

Replicas of 15th-century palm leaf manuscripts found in Sathya Sai district
1 year ago

Replicas of 15th-century palm leaf manuscripts found in Sathya Sai district

New Indian Express  

KADIRI: Replicas of two rare palm leaf manuscripts have been found at Kadiri in Sri Sathya Sai district. Stating that inscriptions were typically written on stones, temple walls or copper plates, historian MyNaa Swamy said the palm leaf manuscripts had details of the Sri Veeranjaneya Swamy temple at Palapati Dinna, located 13 km from Kadiri. MyNaa Swamy revealed that Praudha …

Assam launches digitisation project of Assamese literary treasures
1 year, 10 months ago

Assam launches digitisation project of Assamese literary treasures

The Hindu  

Frayed yellow pages of rare Assamese books and journals, dating back to the 19th century, are getting a new lease of life with nearly three lakh pages digitised so far as part of a project initiated by a trust to preserve the literary treasure trove for future. "The primary objective of the project 'Digitising Asom' is to preserve the entire …

Digitisation of 200-year-old palm manuscripts on at Government Siddha Medical College in Tirunelveli
1 year, 11 months ago

Digitisation of 200-year-old palm manuscripts on at Government Siddha Medical College in Tirunelveli

The Hindu  

Digitisation of 200-year-old palm manuscripts that carry priceless information on preparing a range of medicinal formulations with locally available medicinal plants is on in the Government Siddha Medical College here. A team comprising Dr. Subhash Chandran, a faculty member of Government Siddha Medical College, Palayamkottai, Pa. Pon Velappan of Kallukumi near Vilaathikulam in Thoothukudi district, an expert in reading and …

Keeper of ancient palm-leaf inscriptions
2 years, 3 months ago

Keeper of ancient palm-leaf inscriptions

The Hindu  

Peering over a magnifying glass trying to read the inscriptions on a small piece of palm leaf, which looks delicate and brittle, one cannot but wonder how the inscriptions were made centuries ago when pen, ink and paper were yet to be invented. It would also make one ponder as to how the entire Valmiki Ramayana or the Vyasa’s epic …

Digitization of manuscripts at ORI gains traction
3 years, 1 month ago

Digitization of manuscripts at ORI gains traction

The Hindu  

The proposed digitisation of manuscripts at the Oriental Research Institute in Mysuru has gained traction with the University of Mysore taking fresh initiatives in this regard. The outcome will lead to digitisation of manuscripts in which a slice of the intellectual heritage of ancient and medieval India are preserved by way of literary works and treatise on various subjects. As …

ORI project to digitise manuscripts regains traction
5 years, 3 months ago

ORI project to digitise manuscripts regains traction

The Hindu  

The Oriental Research Institute in the city which is a treasure trove of ancient palm leaf manuscripts enshrining a slice of ancient India’s knowledge base, will seek the assistance of National Mission for Manuscripts for digitization and preservation of the priceless heritage. At present, the ORI receives scores of requests every month from scholars all over India and abroad for …

Rare manuscripts found in survey
5 years, 7 months ago

Rare manuscripts found in survey

The Hindu  

A Bible in Greek and a copy of Bengal Gazette from Pathanamthitta, a 100-year-old herb used to treat snakebites and 500-year-old palm-leaf manuscripts from Ernakulam; works in Sanskrit, Hebrew, Syriac, Latin, and Arabic from Kottayam; 1,000-year-old turmeric and 500-year-old anklet and sword from Alappuzha; Copies of Rajyasamacharam and Paschimodayam published by Hermann Gundert and dating back to 1847 and 1864 …

Modi documents of Maratta era to be digitised
11 years, 9 months ago

Modi documents of Maratta era to be digitised

The Hindu  

The Government of Maharashtra has allocated Rs. 80 lakh for digitising Modi documents, deciphering and translating them into English and Tamil, said M. Thirumalai, Vice-Chancellor, Tamil University, here on Tuesday. Indian Historical Document Commission that met in 1946 in Indore decided to shift these Modi documents, called Maratha Raj records, from Thanjavur Palace to Saraswathi Mahal Library. However these C …

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