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eGangotri 34 Diwali Issue. Phenomenal Success in Varanasi. Ayaz Nazki Sahib’s Collection. Jangamwadi Math and Veda Nidhi. A Center in Delhi Soon
13 Friday Nov 2020
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Happy Diwali to everyone.
I have a lot of news to share.
But before that My Fundraiser – as always strictly for consideration by folks with dispensable income – Given that I need to expand into a Manuscript Repository in Delhi with 2 Staff and increase my head count in Varanasi – my newest Center.
Crowdfunding Platform Websites in India
I had Varanasi in my mind for a long time but a Clear Signal from the Universe came when Aditya ji of Bharat Maha Mandal and Hon. V.C. Shri Rajaram Shukla ji of Sampurnananda Sanskrit University both simultaenously expressed a desire to scan there Book Antiquities.
Shukla ji apprised me that due to Spring Cleaning for Covid they discovered a stash of Saraswati Sushma and Pandit Magazines – the latter one of the Oldest Sanskrit Magazines with a First print date of somehwere between 1850-60.
Only a few have been uploaded belowhttps://archive.org/details/@sampurnanand_university
Also not uploaded are the Several Princess of Wales Saraswati Bhavan Granthmala Series of Texts as they will all be formally launched in a Webinar soon.
Most Bharat Dharma Maha Mandal Publications have been scanned. Viewable below:
https://archive.org/details/@bharat_dharma_mahamandal
There were other rewarding collections that we could access.
Shri Tarun Dwivedi s/o renowned Agamist and Scholar Shri Vraj Vallabh Dwivediji told us about a recent Donation to a Local Library of several 19th Century Publications and Hand Written Manuscripts. The Librarian Shri Parihar most generously opened his Doors for us:
Results of this generosity are now 109 books proud members of the Information Super Highway.
https://archive.org/details/@egangotri_books?and[]=subject%3A%22Tarun+Dwivedi+and+K+S+Parihar%22
We have also been able to also get access to 2 Large and Antique Collections in Varanasi.
The Famous Jangamwadi Math and Ved Nidhi in Laksa.
https://archive.org/details/@jangamwadi
Details on our Jangamwadi Math can be read belowhttps://egangotri.wordpress.com/2020/10/18/digitization-starts-at-jangamwadi-math-varanasi/
Ved Nidhi has just 11 books for now. we have started with Yoga Texts:
https://archive.org/details/@vedanidhi_vns
This 1895 Lahore Patanjala Yoga is the rarest find so far
Patanjala Yog Darshan With Vyas Bhashya 1895 Lahore Virajanand Press : Virajanand Press : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Our Center in Srinagar kept spewing more rarities thanks to Venerable Scholar Poet Ayaz Rasool Naski Sahib and ofcourse the Veteran Bibliophile/Book-Worshipper Dervesh Mansoor Daikoo.
These are the Sharada Manuscript from Residence of Nazki Sahib.
https://archive.org/details/@dabistan-e-nazki?and[]=subject%3A%22Ayaz+Rasool+Nazki+Sharada+Collection%22
More Sharada Manuscripts soon.
312 Books from Daikoo in this Period:
https://archive.org/details/@kashmirresearchinstitute?and%5B%5D=subject%3A%22eGangotri-34%22&sort=-publicdate
This book was one of the most well recieved:
Book V 103 Nasabnama Hazrat Gaus Al Azeem Syed Ahmad Shah Qadri : Syed Ahmad Shah Qadri : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Book V 103 Nasabnama Hazrat Gaus Al Azeem Syed Ahmad Shah Qadri : Syed A…Urdu Books at Kashmir Research Institute, Srinagar, ‘Book V103 Nasabnama Hazrat Gaus Al Azeem – Syed Ahmad Shah …
12 Sharada Manuscripts were scanned from different parts of Kashmir:https://archive.org/details/@egangotri_manuscript_space?&and[]=subject%3A%22eGangotri-34%22
In Jammu, Puneet Jyotishi ji handed us 118 Sharada Panchangs from his archives – more to come :
https://archive.org/details/@manmohan_jyotishi_collection?and[]=subject%3A%22Sharada+Panchang%22
Other Rare Books:
User Account
With Czur ET-16 Plus – as I have mentioned before my speed has tripled and in October alone we scanned 1200 Books from 10+ strength Staff.
For People interested in our expenses. the monthly expenditure breakdown is as follows:July: 4.4 Lakh INRAug: 2.5 Lakh INRSept: 3.7 Lakh INROct: 2.1 Lakh INR
Pls. donate if you like a piece of the Merit of serving the Goddess of Learning in your Karmic Account.
Digitization Starts at Jangamwadi Math, Varanasi
18 Sunday Oct 2020
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Digitization work at Jangamwadi Math, starting with there Print Publications and now there Paper Manuscripts started on Aug 2020.
Barring less than a dozen items mostly in Marathi, most of the Print Publications have already been scanned and uploaded.
Entire 1st Amira of Total 3 Paper Manuscript/Old Litho Almiras have been scanned and uploaded.
All credit to make this a smooth experience goes to His Excellency Maha Swami ji – Current Peethadhipati of Jangamwadi Math and Shri S.P. Mukherji Sir – the Current Librarian.
Some stats on the Collection I gleaned from Mukherji Sir:
(1) 700 Paper and Palm Leaf Manuscripts including Old Litho Books in 5 Almiras
3 Almirahs are Paper Manuscripts + Old Litho
2 Almirahs are Palm Leaf Manuscripts
(2) 7 Almirahs of Sanskrit Books
(3) 5 Almirahs of Hindi Books
(4) 1 Almira of Marathi Book
(5) 2 Almirahs of Kannada Language Books[Organized].
3 Almirahs Unorganized
(6) 1 Almira English Books
(7) Few Books in Tamil/Urdu etc
(8) Approximate Total Count of Books: 7000
All Digitized Items viewable at
https://archive.org/details/@jangamwadi
egangotri 33: eGangotri 33: Scores of Sharada Manuscript from Kashmir. Almira 7 from Dharmarth Trust. Puneet Jyotishi/Peerzadah Sahib Collection
10 Friday Jul 2020
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Dear All:
Writting after ages. mostly lethargy. I do have a lot of news.
And a prominent news is my Bill for just June 2020 : 4 Lakh 80 Thousand Rs for just 1 Month.
Reason for High expenses in June 2020 explained.Basically I got a tip from a Scanning Engineer Wasim, that there is a new Scanner in the Market called Czur ET 16 Plus which has a productivity three times my regular 6+ year usage Fujitsu Scan Snap SV 600 Scanner. particularly because there is no post-processing/cropping involved. We experimented and witnessed the tremendous productivity rise. 4000-5000 pages in an 8-Hour Shift and no manual cropping. Click and the image is ready. Higher RAM also made a difference.
Therefore, I went on a scanner and laptop revamp-drive – and also inverter purchase for each staff for Work from Home – and got my staff 3 new Czur scanners and also 3 HP Laptops (15.6 inch Screen/8GB RAM/i3-8th Gen Processor/SSD/Sata hybrid Hard Drive) – Higher processor speed/RAM are crucial for high output therefore the Laptop purchases.
Similar expenses expected in coming months.
Digitizations in Srinagar
Thanks to Lockdown, a lot of people who were almost always not available, finally were at home and had time to entertain us. We took this opportunity to go to the homes of a Lot of People in Kashmir and scan scores of Sharada manuscripts and many rare books.These I documented in two separate Sets. Please read about these sharada Manuscripts below:
May-June 2020
https://egangotri.wordpress.com/2020/05/12/sharada-manuscripts-and-printed-books-from-around-kashmir-digitizations-in-may-june-2020/
Digitizations at Peerzada Ashraf Sahib Residence( includes Catalog of Manuscripts ):
At this stage only painitings, manuscripts soon. https://egangotri.wordpress.com/2020/04/12/photographs-of-paintings-and-artefacts-at-the-residence-of-peerzada-mohd-ashraf-sahib-srinagar/
Digitization at Puneet Jyotishi Residence, Jammu:
Thanks to Lockdown, Puneet Jyotishi ji was finally available after a pursuit of more than 2 years. We got to digitize lots of Sharada Manuscripts and Panchangs a testimony of the Jyotishi Family’s antiquity:
Sharada Panchangs (several from 19th Century, oldest 1862 ):
https://archive.org/details/@manmohan_jyotishi_collection?and[]=subject%3A%22%27Sharada+Panchang%27%22
Manuscripts:
https://archive.org/details/@manmohan_jyotishi_collection?and[]=subject%3A%22%27Sharada+Manuscripts%27%22
Dedicated Account of Puneet Jyotishi Family with Lots of Old Books:
https://archive.org/details/@manmohan_jyotishi_collection
These 7 miniature Paintings from his collections are so viewable particularly for there vivid colors:
7 Miniature Paintings From The Collection Of Puneet Jyotishi Jammu Residence Of Puneet Jyotishi : Residence of Puneet Jyotishi : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Books in Urdu on Hinduism
I have started a new Account which will host Dharma Books in Urdu. These we all got from Srinagar from various people. Notable are 6 Translations of Upanishads from Lahore
https://archive.org/details/@dharma_books_urdu
Other Dharmic Books in this Period which I uploaded before the thought occured to me that a dedicated account should be created on this Theme:
https://archive.org/details/@egangotri_books?and[]=subject%3A%22%27Dharmik+Urdu%27%22
Book Antiquities in Urdu from Srinagar
https://archive.org/details/@egangotri_books?&and[]=subject%3A%22%27June%2020%20Srinagar%27%22
Dharmartha Trust Almira 7 Manuscripts:
Most of Almira 7 was over before Covid Lockdown forced us to quit. Except for a few items in the Final Shelf Almira 7 manuscripts have been uploaded.
https://archive.org/details/@dharmarthatrustjk?&and[]=subject%3A%22eGangotri-33%22
Panjab University, Chandigarh:
We had to wrap up in Chandigarh also due to Covid. 42 Items were digitized before the temporary closure.
https://archive.org/details/@panjab_university_collection?&and[]=subject%3A%22eGangotri-33%22
Hindi-Sanskrit Antique Books from Kashmir in June:
https://archive.org/details/@egangotri_books?and[]=subject%3A%22%27June+2020.Kashmir%27%22
Two Special Antique Books ( one is 1878, second must be around that time also ) Commissioned by His Highness Maharaja Ranbir Singh. Seems Srinagar had a Printing Press called Antar Yantralaya and they were printing Devanagari Books in those days. Kudos to His Excellency Maharaja Family and Enterpreneurs of Kashmir
Kalap Pustak Sandhi Prakaran 1878 By Order Of Maharaja Ranvir Singh With Sharada Sribblings Missing Pages Srinagar Antar Yantralaya : eGangotri : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Found 2 Editions – both unfortunately have missing pages from the End.
Upakarma Vidhi Partial Compiled By Order Of Maharaja Shri Ranvir Singh Antar Yantralaya Srinagar : eGangotri : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Sanskrit Texts from Kashmir Series Vol 1-9 – Lokesh Chandra
09 Tuesday Jun 2020
I have stumbed upon a digital copy of Lokesh Chandra’s 9 Volume Sanskrit Texts from Kashmir Series prepared by Buddhist Digital Resource Center on archive.org.
What is invaluable is that 8 of the 9 Volumes are fascisimile printing of Original Sharada Manuscripts.
Source of the Manuscripts : Prof. Lokesh Chandra Personal Collection. Acquired from Dinanath Yaksh, Srinagar
Dinanath Yaksh Library was eventually torched in the Ethnic Cleansing of Srinagar. So these from his libraries made it out intact.
Kudos to the Enterprise of Lokesh Chandra in acquiring them.
I also came to know the Dinanath Yaksh had refused to supply a copy of his Catalog of Manuscripts to Lokesh Chandra ji.
Sanskrit Texts from Kashmir
Vol 1
Sharada Fascisimile
List Included
https://archive.org/stream/bdrc-W29630/bdrc-W29630#page/n5/mode/2up
Sanskrit Texts from Kashmir
Vol 2
Sharada Fascisimile
List of Items in Vol 1
https://archive.org/stream/bdrc-W29630/bdrc-W29630-1#page/n3/mode/2up
Sanskrit Texts from Kashmir
Vol 3
Sharada Fascisimile
List of Items in Vol 1
https://archive.org/stream/bdrc-W29630/bdrc-W29630-2#page/n7/mode/2up
Sanskrit Texts from Kashmir
Vol 4
Sharada Fascisimile
List of Items in Vol 1
https://archive.org/stream/bdrc-W29630/bdrc-W29630-3#page/n5/mode/2up
Sanskrit Texts from Kashmir
Vol 5
Sharada Fascisimile
List Included
https://archive.org/stream/bdrc-W29630/bdrc-W29630-4
Typed Titles for Vol 5:
§ 27 Lokesh Chandra, Sanskrit texts from Kashmir, Śatapiṭaka Series, vol. 5 (Śāradā mss.), and vol. 7 (Devanāgarī mss.); see Rosenfield 2004: 23 sqq. (called L5kb) with revised list of contents for vol.5. Verbatim copy, without correcting L. Chandra’s text, except for the section in Rosenfield 2004: 24 L5kb.p. 5:
CONTENTS
Manuscript 526 (pages 1-76) [border marks]
Kanika-bhadra (ka bha 4, iti … 6.3)
Indra-bhadra (indra bh 6)
Viṣṇu-bhadra (iti… 7.5)
Kalaśārcana (8, iti … 15.10)
Ṛcaka (16, atha ṛcakaṃ 15.10)
Ṛgvede Budha-sūktaṃ (iti… 36.5)
Yajurvede Budha-sūktaṃ (ya bu sū 36)
Ṛgvede Vṛhaspati-sūktaṃ (ṛ vṛ sū 38)
Yajurveda Vṛhaspati-sūktaṃ (iti… 40.1)
Ṛgvede Śukra-sūktaṃ (ṛ śu sū 42, iti … 44.5)
Yajurvede Śukra-sūktaṃ (ya śu sū 44, iti … 46.7)
Ṛgvede Śainaiścara-sūktaṃ (ṛ śa sū 48, iti… 50.3)
Yajurvede śanno devīr iti brāhmaṇaḥ (ya śa sū 50.4)
Ṛgvede Rāhu-sūktaṃ (ṛ rā sū 54, iti … 54.10)
Yajurvede Rāhu-sūktaṃ (iti … 57.5)
Yajurvede Ketu-sūktaṃ (ya ke sū 58, iti … 58.5)
Ṛgvede Dhruva-sūktaṃ (iti … 60.8)
Yajurvede Dhruva-sūktaṃ (ya dhru sū 62, iti … 63.2)
Ṛgvede Agastya-sūktaṃ (iti … 64.3)
Yajurvede Agastya-sūktaṃ (ya a sū 64, iti … 66.8)
Yajurvede Vastoṣpati (ya vāsto 66)
(kṣettrādhi sū 68)
Sarva-daivata-sūktaṃ (sarvadaiva 70, iti … 72.7)
(ṣaḍṛtu sū 72)
Rātri-sūktaṃ (rātri sū 74, iti … 76.2)
Manuscript 497 (pages 77-114)
Ṛcaka (ṛ 78)
Svasti-bhadraṃ (iti … 80.8)
………………
p. 6: (verbatim).
Manuscript 496 (folios 23-34, 36-57, pages 115-182)
Śrī-yajuṣi kaṭhake (sic!) caraka-śākhāyāṃ arusikāyāṃ (+orimikāyām) nāma prāyaścitta-sthāna-kaṃ pañcatriṃśaṃ sampūrṇaṃ
(prā sthā 116, iti … 136,5)
Madhuparka-brāhmaṇam (madhu bra 138, iti… 138.3)
Nānā-gotra-brāhmaṇaṃ (atha…138.3)
Sarvaṃ sūktaṃ samāptaṃ (ṛ sū 14-, iti … 143,3)
Ṛgveda Āditya-sūktaṃ (ṛ ā sū 146)
[Ṛgvede Budha-sūktaṃ (ṛ bu sū 158)
Ṛgvede Śukra-sūktaṃ (ṛ śu sū 170)
[Ṛgvede Śani-sūktaṃ] (ṛ śa sū 172)
[Ṛgvede Rātri-sūktaṃ] (ṛ rā sū 178)
Manuscript of Kāṭhaka brāhmaṇas (pages 183-212)
:
Piṇḍa Brāhmaṇa (= Śrāddha Br., L.Ch. f.181.1)
Śrāddha Br. f. 183-184 (end missing)
Śrāddha Sūkta 187- 190
Svādhyaya Br. 185, 186, 200, 199, 209-212
Kūṣmāṇḍa Br. 191, 192
Gāyatrī Br. 193-196
(Kūṣmāṇḍa materials) 197, 198
(unknown materials) 201, 202
Viśvacakṣur Br. 203
Ābrahman Br. 204
Pāvamānya Br. 205-208
Manuscript 601 (folios 7, pages 213-224)
Gaṇeśa-stotraṃ (gā sto 213, iti … 224.7)
Manuscript 626 (folio 1, pages 225-226)
Aparadhasundarī-stotraṃ (iti…226.8)
Manuscript (pages 227-442)
Puruṣa-sūktaṃ (puruṣa sū 228)
iti ṣoḍaśārcanaṃ, atha puruṣa-sūktaṃ (229.17)
iti Pūrva-Nārāyaṇaṃ, athottara Nārāyaṇaṃ (231.17)
Āyuṣya-sūktaṃ (iti … 238.7)
Puruṣa-sūktaṃ Lakṣmī (puruṣa sū Lakṣmī 238)
Lakṣmī-putra (Lakṣmī pu 240)
Rudra-pañcakaṃ (ru 242, oṃ atha…242.1)
Saumarudraṃ (254.7, saumārau, iti …265.13)
Camaṃ (cama sthā 260, iti … 265.13)
Āsyavāmaṃ (āsyavā 270, .. iti 275.13)
Devī-sūktaṃ (devī sū 276, iti … 277.6, 18)
Devī-pañcakaṃ (iti … 279.6, 281.12)
Kanika-bhadram (iti… 284.4)
Ā no bhadraṃ (iti … 287.6)
p.7:
Indra-bhadraṃ (iti … 288.2)
Agni-bhadraṃ (a sū 290, iti … 291.3)
Kalaśārcanaṃ (ka na sū 292, iti … 298.15, 308.11)
ṛca (302)
Agne ṛk (iti … 310.13)
Yajva (312)
Āditya-sūktaṃ (iti … 313.7)
(ṛgve ca 316)
Yajurvede-brāhmaṇa-sūktaṃ (yaju brā sū 324)
Devatā-pūjanaṃ (devatāpū 326)
Devagavanaṃ (iti … 327.11)
Nandīmukha-śrāddhaṃ (nāndī śrā 328, iti … 331.7)
Pañcāgna-vidhi (atha … 331.8, Pañcāgna 332)
Agnikāla (iti … 332.14)
Sūryakāla (iti … 332.17)
Saumakāla (iti … 333.2)
Dvāsaptati-śrāddhaṃ (atha … 335.1, dvā śrā 336, iti … ˚śrāddhāni 340.15, 343.4)
Saṅkrānti-śrāddhāni (iti … 336.5)
Kāṇḍī-kāṭhakā gṛhyantare ucyante (iti …336.17)
Śivarātri-pūja (atha … 343.8, śi rā pū 344, iti Śivarātri-kṣetreśa-pūjanaṃ
349.13)
Jīvadānam (iti … 351.13)
Mantra-gaḍukaṃ (iti … 353.19)
Mahārudra-pūjanaṃ (ru pū 354, iti Śrīr …356.15)
Sūrya-pūjanaṃ (atha … 356.16, sū pū 358, iti … 363.8)
Mahāgaṇapati-pūjanaṃ (atha … 363.9, gap ū 364, iti … 369.13)
Durgā-pūjanaṃ (oṃ atha … 369.14, du pū … 370)
Brāhmī-mantraḥ (iti … 370.11)
Yajñopavitaṃ (iti … 374.6)
Ekapradakṣiṇaṃ (iti … 375.6)
Viṣṇu-śrāddhaṃ (Viṣṇu śrā 378)
Prāyaścitta-vidhiḥ (Viṣṇuprā 380, iti … 380.16)
Viṣṇoḥ kriyāvidhiḥ (Visṇo kri 382, … iti … 410.13)
Viṣṇu-śrāddhaṃ (viṣṇo śrā 386, iti … 410.13)
Parṇa-pauruṣaṃ (parṇapau 410, tato … 410.13, iti …411.11)
Sūrya-bali-vidhiḥ (atha … 411.18, sūryaba 42)
Mantra-snānaṃ (iti… 416.3)
Mantra-gaḍukaṃ (iti …416.12)
Sūrya-bali-prāyaścittaṃ (iti … 423.8)
<< missing index in L.Ch., continued only on p. 443 >>
p.8:
Manuscript (pages 443-554)
Ṛju-Viṣṇu-sūktaṃ (ṛ vi kā sū 444, iti …444.14, 445.16)
Yaju-Viṣṇu-sūktaṃ (ya kā vi sū 450, iti … 451.9, 453.30
Ṛju-brahma-sūktaṃ (ṛ kā bra sū 450, iti …451.9, 455.3)
Yaju-brahma-sūktaṃ (ya kā bra sū 454, iti … 454.14)
Ṛju-śiva-sūktaṃ (ṛ kā śi sū 456, iti … 456.7, iti Śiva-sūktaṃ 457.16)
Yaju-Śiva-sūktam (ya kā śi 458, iti … 459.4, 461.5)
Ṛju-yama-sūktaṃ (ṛ kā ya 462, iti 463.4, 17, 466.8, 4698.3)
Yaju-yama-sūktaṃ (ya kā ya sū 468, iti … 469.14)
Pitṛ-sūktaṃ (atha … 469.15, ṛ pi sū 470, iti … 417.7, 17, 472.15, 474.4,
475.17)
Yaju-pitṛ-sūktaṃ (ya pi sū 474)
Śrāddha-brāhmaṇaṃ (śrāddha brā 476, iti … 478.14)
Svādhyāya-brāhmaṇaṃ (oṃ atha … 478.14, svā brā 480, iti …484.12)
Grahīṣṭa-brāhmaṇaṃ (gra brā 484, iti …486.3)
Draṣṭa-brāhmaṇaṃ (draṣṭe brā 486, iti … 489.5)
Gāyatrī-brāhmaṇaṃ (iti … 486.16)
Yajñopavīta-brāhmaṇaṃ (iti … 489.13)
Mekhalā-brāhmaṇaṃ (iti 489.18)
Agnyādheya-brāhmaṇaṃ (Agnyā brā 490, ity … 493.7)
Grahasthā-brāhmaṇaṃ (iti … 493.18)
Gāyatrī-brāhmaṇaṃ (gā brā 494, gāya brā 496, iti …496.3, 498.10)
Anvārasthalī-brāhmaṇaṃ (anvāra śrā 498, iti … 499.9)
Kūṣmāṇḍa-brāhmaṇaṃ (kūṣmā brā 500, iti … 501)
-brāhmaṇaṃ (pra gra brā 502, iti … 502.12)
Piṇḍapitṛ-yajña-brāhmaṇaṃ (piṇḍa brā 504, iti … 505.2)
Indrāgnī-brāhmaṇaṃ (indrāgnyo brā 506, iti Indrāgnī-sūktam 507.5)
Graheṣṭa-brāhmaṇaṃ (iti … 508.9)
Nāgasūktam nāma kadrū-brāhmaṇaṃ (nā kadrū brā 508.10, iti … 509.16) < = KS 23.10>
Sandhyā-brāhmaṇaṃ (iti … 510.9)
Pāvamānya-brāhmaṇaṃ (pāva brā 510, iti … 513.7)
Ekacakraṃ (ekaca 514, oṃ atha … 514.1)
Graha-śānti-vidhānaṃ (gra śā 518, iti śrī-devī-prokta-saṃvāde parameśvara-
proktam … samāptaṃ 537.11)
Lokapāla-dhyānaṃ (tato … 525.2, iti … 526.1)
Adbhuta-śāntiḥ (adbhuta śā 546, atha … 545.11, iti … 552.15)
Graha-śānti vā adbhutaśā[nti] samāptaḥ (iti 554.1)
Manuscript (pages 555-698)
Vitastā-māhātmyaṃ (vo mā 556, atha Vitastāvatāraḥ 556.1, iti śrī … 698.10)
Sanskrit Texts from Kashmir
Vol 6
Sharada Fascisimile
List Included
https://archive.org/stream/bdrc-W29630/bdrc-W29630-5#page/n3/mode/2up
Sanskrit Texts from Kashmir
Vol 7
Devanagari Fascisimile From Print
List Included ( Mostly Keshava Bhatt )
Typed List:
https://archive.org/stream/bdrc-W29630/bdrc-W29630-6#page/n5/mode/2up
Prāstāvika (introduction) p. 1
Samid-annājya-bhāga:
Ṛcaka 1 [atha ṛcakam | ādau svastyayanam | oṃ śrīgaṇeśāya
namaḥ || oṃkāro yasya mūlaṃ… ]
Ekacakra 36
Graheṣṭa-brāhmaṇa 39
Nakṣatra-yajña 42
Yava-tilaka-taṇḍula-bhāga:
Gāyatrī-Brāhmaṇa 46
Agny-āditya-sūkta 53
Varuṇa-candramāḥ-sūkta 61
Kumāra-bhauma-sūkta 65
Viṣṇu-budha-sūkta 70
Indra-bṛhaspati-sūkta 74
Sarasvatī-śukra-sūkta 77
Prajāpati-śanaiścara-sūkta 80
Gaṇapati-rāhu-sūkta 85
Rudra-ketu-sūkta 88
Brahma-dhruva-sūkta 90
Anantāgastya-sūkta 93
Vāstoṣpati-sūkta 96
Kṣetrapāla-sūkta 97
Sarvadaivata-sūkta 99
Rātri-sūkta 101
Ṣaḍṛtu-sūkta 102
Abhiṣeka-mantra 106
Kalaśa-grahayoḥ sthāpanādi 112
Graha-bali-vidhāna 118
Grahādīnāṃ kṣamā-puṣpāni 120
Graha-śānti 125
Gaṇḍāntādi-śānti 128
Veṣma-pratiṣṭhā-vidhāna 135
Pañcagavya-vidhi 157
Śaṅku-pratiṣṭhā 159
Ājyabhāga:
Viṣṇu-pañcaka: Puruṣa-sūkta 1
Bṛhat-puruṣa-sūkta 2
Lakṣmī-sūkta 8
Āyuṣya-sūkta 11
Mahālakṣmī-sūkta 12
Rudra-Pañcaka:
Rudra-mantra-sūkta 15
Camānuvāka-sūkta 25
Sauma-rudra-sūkta 34
Dīkṣā-mantra-sūkta 37
Śatādhyāya-sūkta 41
Devī-pañcaka:
Asyavamākhyaṃ Durgā-
Devī–sūkta 46
Tripurā-devī-sūkta 53
Śārikā-devī-sūkta 55
Rājñī-devī-sūkta 57
Jvālā-devī-sūkta 58
Rakṣoghna-mantrākhyam
mahauṣadi-sūkta 62
Udakalaśa 64
Kūṣmāṇdārṣa 66
Kūṣmāṇḍa-mantra 69
Kalaśāvahana 79
Agnikuṇḍa-pūjā 83
Prāyaścitta-sthānaka 87
Āṣāḍha-māgha-kārtika-
vaiśākha-māsa-vratodyāpana 103
Tulādāna-vidhi 110
Kanyā-saṃskāra-vidhi 117
Aupaniṣada-vrata 129
Go-dāna 138
Apavarge traividyakam 143
Snāna-vrata-mantra 146
Trikā-homa 155
Agneḥ kṣamā-puṣpāni 159
Kalaśa-cchidra 160Ṛṣi-visarjana 163
Sanskrit Texts from Kashmir
Vol 8
Sharada Fascisimile
Yoga Vasishtha
https://archive.org/stream/bdrc-W29630/bdrc-W29630-7#page/n3/mode/2up
Sanskrit Texts from Kashmir
Vol 9
Sharada Fascisimile
Yoga Vasishtha
https://archive.org/stream/bdrc-W29630/bdrc-W29630-8
Sharada Manuscripts and Printed Books from around Kashmir. Digitizations in May-June 2020
12 Tuesday May 2020
1. Manuscripts from Shri Altaf Hussain Residence, Pulwama
2. Manuscript from Satishji in Sarban
3. Tej Krishna Zadoo Manuscripts from Jammu
https://archive.org/details/sa-x-bh-ra-vishnu-sahasranama-xx-saundarya-lahari-photostat-sharada-manuscript-t
https://archive.org/details/bhavani-sahasranama-sharada-manuscript-tej-k-zadoo-collection/mode/2up
4. Sanjay Ji Bhat, Pulwama
5. Vijay ji, Pulwama
Notes in Search of an Optimal Industrial Scale Automatic Book Scanner
28 Tuesday Apr 2020
Posted in eGangotri
This space will use as scrap notes of my r&d and search of an Industrial Scale Automatic Book Scanner over the next few days.
Guiding Principles:
Fully-Automated
Reasonably Priced ( under 5 Lakh INR )
Atleast 500 pages/hour
Low Maintenance
Low Expertise Requirement
Smaller Physical Dimensions
Smaller Weight ( under 20 kg )
Zero Post-Processing ( no or negligible post processing such as cropping )
Scan Quality ( Readable with ease, 300 DPI, nothing over-fancy)
For now Mango Linear Scan fits the bill. But so unfortunately, the CEO Mr. Paul informed me that their Bar Scanner Manufacturer is no longer making those, which means Mango may not be available for purchase.
Mango Linear Book Scanner
https://studiomango.nl/
https://armemory.info/video/ocix1oKpfdXcaIU/linear-bookscanner.html
I contacted the CEO. He informed me that the parts supplier for the Scanning is no longer manufacturing those, therefore sales are halted indefinitely.
Kirtas:
Up to 2,890 images per hour
91 kg
SMA ROBOSCAN V2 – Robotic Book Scanner
But only 400 pages/hour !!
68 kg
SMA Roboscan V2 vs Qidenus
Qidenus not recommended by http://scannernote.com/automatic-book-scanner/.
Qidenus not recommended by http://scannernote.com/automatic-book-scanner/.
DL Mini
http://www.4digitalbooks.com/_auto_dlmini.php
275 Kilo !!
1300 pages per hour
1300 pages per hour
TREVENTUS SCANROBOT 2.0 MDS – HIGH SPEED BOOK SCANNING
up to 2,500 pages/hour* (automatic mode)
up to 1,000 pages/hour* (semi-automatic mode)
Page capacity / hour:
Theoretically 1.500
Practically 1.300 including double sheet control
Not sure yet if 100% automatic:
http://www.chinabookscanner.com/UNIONOVO-Book-scanner-CNIII_p206.html
References:
http://scannernote.com/best-book-scanner/
Listing of Indic Digital eBook Portals online
27 Monday Apr 2020
https://vmlt.in/
https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/
https://asianclassics.org/
www.tbrc.org
http://narchives.gov.np/List.aspx
http://www.worldebooklibrary.org/
http://indianmanuscripts.com/scriptviewer.php
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B37fn75wcwOsbUNpeFQzOUx3a2c
https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Tamil+Digital+Library%22
Free Gurukul Education Foundation:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OFf4jpAc9QYSNV1dVl8C7ecZlIjfcrGV/view
https://vedpuran.net/
Work in Progress
Indic Manuscript Repositories in Bangladesh
26 Sunday Apr 2020
Posted in eGangotri
Dhaka University, Dhaka
1. An Alphabetical Index of Sanskrit Manuscripts in The Dhaka University Library Part 1
https://archive.org/details/AnAlphabeticalIndexOfSanskritManuscriptsInTheDhakaUniversityLibraryPartI/mode/2up
2. An Alphabetical Index of Sanskrit Manuscripts in The Dhaka University Library Part 2
https://archive.org/details/AnAlphabeticalIndexOfSanskritManuscriptsInTheDhakaUniversityLibraryPartII/mode/2up
3. An Alphabetical Index of Sanskrit Manuscripts in The Dhaka University Library Part 3
https://archive.org/details/AnAlphabeticalIndexOfSanskritManuscriptsInTheDhakaUniversityLibraryPartIII/mode/2up
4. An Alphabetical Index of Sanskrit Manuscripts in The Dhaka University Library Part 4
https://archive.org/details/AnAlphabeticalIndexOfSanskritManuscriptsInTheDhakaUniversityLibraryPartIV/mode/2up
5. An Alphabetical Index of Sanskrit Manuscripts in The Dhaka University Library Part 5
https://archive.org/details/AnAlphabeticalIndexOfSanskritManuscriptsInTheDhakaUniversityLibraryPartV/mode/2up
6. An Alphabetical Index of Sanskrit Manuscripts in The Dhaka University Library Part 6
https://archive.org/details/AnAlphabeticalIndexOfSanskritManuscriptsInTheDhakaUniversityLibraryPartVI/mode/2up
7. An Alphabetical Index of Sanskrit Manuscripts in The Dhaka University Library Part 7
https://archive.org/details/AnAlphabeticalIndexOfSanskritManuscriptsInTheDhakaUniversityLibraryPartVII/mode/2up
8. An Alphabetical Index of Sanskrit Manuscripts in The Dhaka University Library Part 8
https://archive.org/details/AnAlphabeticalIndexOfSanskritManuscriptsInTheDhakaUniversityLibraryPartVIII/page/n8/mode/2up
The Varendra Research Museum Library University Of Rajshahi, Rajshahi
Vol I
Vol II
Vol III
Ramamala Library, Comilla
https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP683
https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1001&context=mss_sims
Catalog requested from Prof. Benjamin J Fleming
Photographs of Paintings and Artefacts at the Residence of Peerzada Mohd Ashraf Sahib, Srinagar
12 Sunday Apr 2020
Peerzada Ahraf Sahib is a Oriental Scholar and Archivists from Kashmir.
He has spent his entire career working with Museums and Archives.
Peerzada Sahib very kindly allowed us the opportunity to photograph his Collection of Paintings and Artefacts.
They have all been uploaded in Facebook:
Paintings:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/eGangotrigranthanaam/photos/?tab=album&album_id=2509258882661525
Artefacts:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/eGangotrigranthanaam/photos/?tab=album&album_id=2509116869342393
Also at archive.org below:
All photographs were taken by Shri Chander Mohan Bhat Sahib, Retd Indian Postal Service Officer, Srinagar
https://www.facebook.com/pg/eGangotrigranthanaam/photos/?tab=album&album_id=2509258882661525
Catalog of Sharada and Devanagari Manuscripts at Peerzada Sahib can also be seen below:
