eGangotri 26: Our First Fund Raiser Campaign. Almira 23 Completed. eGangotri joins hands with Kashmir Research Institute, Srinagar.Koshur Seminar in Pune

05 Wednesday Jul 2017

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FundRaiser:
 
Thanks to Shri Rakesh Kaul of The Last Queen of Kashmir Fame to suggest me to crowdfund my Project through this my First Fund Raiser.
This is the Link for making donations. Do contribute if you feel strongly for the democratization of Information.
Almira 23 (Jammu) Completed:
 
All Almira 23 Manuscripts chiefly Vedic in content are now available for viewing:
( owing to a oversight, this issues’ texts were not tagged with eGangotri-26 and the Old Tag remained, hence they have got clubbed with eGangotri-25 Texts, hence the discrepancy )
One Manuscript Shatpath Brahmin 5148 owing to its size, needed Camera-Scanning and is viewable separately at our Facebook Page:

High-End TIFF Images of these are also available but will only be uploaded later when I have sufficient band-width in a dedicated Account possibly instagram or flickr.
Tie up with Kashmir Research Institute, Srinagar:
eGangotri and the Kashmir Research Institute, Srinagar are now Digital Partners. With over 60,000 Printed Texts at the premises, we hope to be busy for a long, long time.
 
A few random pictures from the Collection (333 images) that we took are viewable below:
51 Texts that we digitized in our 1st Month can be viewed at:
11 Texts are pre-19th Century
16 are in Urdu Script ( including a partial text in Persian of the Shahnama of Ranjit Singh )
This one is a Devanagari Manuscript a Hindi Prose Translation of Katha Sarit Sagar by Unmentioned Translator:
These two are Urdu Magazines from Karachi:
Other Interesting Titles:
History of Kishtwar District in Urdu
Shiv Puran in Urdu and Sanskrit:
Yoga Vasihtha 1904 Urdu
Mahabharat Partial Urdu
Ramayan Urdu :
Following 3 Texts are publications of Keshava Bhatta Kashmiri – a Srinagar Native – whose texts are now very difficult to find and these ones were definitely a wind-fall.
Vedic Mantra Kalpa Lata
Mekhala Pustaka
After sharing the above, an American Professor digitized for us his two Volumes of Keshava Bhattas Text he had acquired in mint-new condition in Srinagar of the 70s:
Karma Kanda of Keshav Bhatta

Mantratmak Karma Kanda
Around a dozen of his 70s acquisitions of Keshava Bhatta Publications, he has promised to digitally share with me in the near Future.
This Yoga Vasishtha Style Prose Meditation ‘Pakshapata Rahit Anubhava Prakash’ by the famous mystic Kali Kamali Baba came as a total surprise:
Swami Amrit Vagbhav on Archive.org
I had opportunity to move our previous Work on Swami Amrit Vagbhav Maharaj from scribd to archive.org at the following for more convenient access:
Koshur Workshop, Pune Conducted by Stanford Scholar Radhika Koul
Kids between 10 and 18 who intend to learn the Kashmiri Language and are in Delhi between Aug 13 and Sept 12, are in great luck as Stanford Comparative Literature Scholar Sushri Radhika Koul will be in town for a Koshur Language Workshop conducted after-school-hours/weekends, details below:

List of 154 Naval Kishore Press Books Digital Donations to eGangotri

10 Wednesday May 2017

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eBooks:
https://archive.org/details/@navalkishorepress

List

1). Amara Kosha Hindi – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 259 Pages
2). Amara Kosha with Rasala Tika 1921 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 129 Pages
3). Aniruddha Parinaya 1897 Hindi – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 71 Pages
4). Anurag Latika Or Rasik Vilas Hindi 1906 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 69 Pages
5). Arjun Gita 1956 – Ram Kumar Book Depot.pdf , 46 Pages
6). Bala Harischandra of Jagannath Das 1956 – Ram Kumar Press Depot.pdf , 46 Pages
7). Bala Shiksha Part I 1919 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 40 Pages
8). Banshi Leela 1886 and Barah Masa 1897 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 18 Pages
9). Banshi Raga Mala 1889 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 74 Pages
10). Bhaan Prakashika 1906 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 35 Pages
11). Bhagavant Bhaskar – Neel Kantha Bhatt.pdf , 178 Pages
12). Bhagavata Gita Till Page 104 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 176 Pages
13). Bhajan Mala 1889 of Babu Raj Kumar Deva Nandan Singh – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 40 Pages
14). Bhajan Mala of Babu Raj Kumar Dev Nandan Singh 1883 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 39 Pages
15). Bhajanavali 1911 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 82 Pages
16). Bhavabhuti – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 83 Pages
17). Bhavishya Purana Hindi Only – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 656 Pages
18). Bhram Nashak of Paramhansa Paramananda 1924 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 75 Pages
19). Braj Vilas Saravali Kanpur 1898 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 115 Pages
20). Chanakya Neeti Darpan Arthat Raj Niti Samuccaya – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 104 Pages
21). Charan Vyuha 1930 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 32 Pages
22). Chhadma Chabisi of Naath Dec 1889 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 173 Pages
23). Chhanda Pradeep Hindi 1884 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 38 Pages
24). Chhanda Ramayana 1894 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 58 Pages
25). Chhapaya Ramayana of Tulsidas with Hindi Tika 1926 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 62 Pages
26). Daivajna Abharan 1892 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 24 Pages
27). Dharma Prem Taranga 1924 of Shrimati Dharma Devi – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 101 Pages
28). Dohavali of Tulsidas 1913 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 74 Pages
29). Dohavali of Tulsidas 7th Print 1908 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 38 Pages
30). Durga Path with Nagoji Bhatta Tika 1907 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 196 Pages
31). Dwadash Pushpika – Ram Kumar Press Depot.pdf , 113 Pages
32). Ganga Lahari with Verse Tika 1955 – Ram Kumar Press Depot.pdf , 36 Pages
33). Geet Ramayan 1893 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 49 Pages
34). Gomati Lahari 1928 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 24 Pages
35). Gyan Abhushan 1897 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 83 Pages
36). Gyan Deepika 1889 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 35 Pages
37). Gyan Prakash Farsi to Hindi Braj Bhasha Prose Translation 1916 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 43 Pages
38). Gyan Svarodaya 1953 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 34 Pages
39). Gyan Tarang 1889 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 206 Pages
40). Gyangaari Chaturdash 1941 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 16 Pages
41). Gyangaari Chaturdash 2nd Scan 1941 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 18 Pages
42). Gyanmala 1913 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 72 Pages
43). Heer Ranjha of Bhajanlal 1941 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 60 Pages
44). Indra Sabha Amanat of Madari Lal 1906 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 80 Pages
45). Jagannath Mahatmya with Tika1907 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 76 Pages
46). Jeevan Charitra 1894 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 33 Pages
47). Kailas Agaman – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 278 Pages
48). Kashi Mahatmya – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 98 Pages
49). Kashmir Darshan Only Few Pages of Tome Size Original.pdf , 255 Pages
50). Kathavalli Upanishad with Hindi Tika of Pancholi – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 144 Pages
51). Kavi Pancha Bhavabhuti Hindi Translation by G P Agnihotri 1900 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 85 Pages
52). Kavi Tarang – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 163 Pages
53). Kavitavali Ramayan 1904 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 56 Pages
54). Krishi Ke Acharya Ghagh Aur Bhaddari Ki Sampurna Rachnayein 1956 – Hindi Sahitya Mandir.pdf , 119 Pages
55). Krishna Priya – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 272 Pages
56). Krishna Priya 1895 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 418 Pages
57). Lakshmi Sarasvati Samvad Part II 1906 – Navl Kishore Press.pdf , 48 Pages
58). Lalan Prakash Lalan Sagar 16 1915 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 37 Pages
59). Lalan Pramohini Lalan Sagar 12th 1915 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 40 Pages
60). Lalan Sagar 1927 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 578 Pages
61). Lalan Vinod Lalan Sagar Part 10 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 145 Pages
62). Lalanodvaha Padyavali Lalan Sagar Part 26 1915 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 47 Pages
63). Madan Pal Nighantu Hindi Translation – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 242 Pages
64). Madan Pal Nighantu Hindi Translation Scan 2 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 254 Pages
65). Madhav Vilas 1888 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 76 Pages
66). Madhumakkhi Ki Kahani 1955 – Ram Kumar Press.pdf , 52 Pages
67). Mahabharat Hindi Bhishma Parva 1926 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 362 Pages
68). Mahabharat Hindi Karan Parva Scan 2 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 316 Pages
69). Mahabharat Hindi Karna Parva – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 316 Pages
70). Mahabharat Hindi Only Udyog Parva – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 614 Pages
71). Mahabharat Karna Parva – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 366 Pages
72). Mahabharata Bhasha Van Parva Pg 201 to 681 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 395 Pages
73). Mahabharata Hindi Sabha Parva 1931 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 187 Pages
74). Mahadev Sahasranama Stotra Hindi Translation 1939 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 55 Pages
75). Mahadev Sahasranama Stotra Hindi Translation 1939 Scan 2nd – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 55 Pages
76). Mahadev Sahasranama Stotra Hindi Translation 1939 Scan 3rd – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 55 Pages
77). Man Mauja Charita Nimbarka Follower Chaturdas 1886 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 13 Pages
78). Manav Dharma Sara with Hindi Translation by Raja Shiv Prasad Sitare Hind 1926 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 70 Pages
79). Manoranjan Arthat Dil Behlav of Jagannath Sahay Hindi and Urdu 1924 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 25 Pages
80). Markandeya Purana with Tika Part II – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 556 Pages
81). Mayank Manjari Maha Natak July 1891 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 160 Pages
82). Mithai Charitra 1893 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 14 Pages
83). Muhurta Chandrika 1908 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 26 Pages
84). Muhurta Kalpa Drum Hindi 1892 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 107 Pages
85). Neeti Sudha Tarangini by Ram Prasad Tiwari 1917 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 266 Pages
86). Nivedan Refutation of Sw. Dayananda’s Views by Raja Shiv Prasad Sitare Hind 1914 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 28 Pages
87). Padma Purana Hindi 4th Brahma Khanda 1924 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 75 Pages
88). Padma Purana Hindi Svarga Khanda III – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 193 Pages
89). Padma Purana Hindi Svarga Khanda III Scan 2 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 367 Pages
90). Patra Hitaishini 1917 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 32 Pages
91). Piyush Lahari Arthat Ganga Lahari 1890 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 16 Pages
92). Prachya Shiksha Rahasya – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 217 Pages
93). Prashnopanishad Tr. By Rai Bahadur Babu Zalim Singh 1930 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 92 Pages
94). Prem Ratna by Bibi Ratna Kunvari 1925 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 60 Pages
95). Prem Sagar Engish Translation Till Pg 304 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 301 Pages
96). Pyare Vinod 1910 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 57 Pages
97). Radha Vishad Mochanavali 1907 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 340 Pages
98). Raghuvamsha with Mallinath Tika Oct 1896 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 362 Pages
99). Rahasya Chandrika 1896 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 27 Pages
100). Ram Rasamrita Sagar Natak 7th Part – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 165 Pages
101). Ramaini Beejak etc of Kabir Das with Braj Bhasha Prose Translation Pg 49 to 568 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 518 Pages
102). Ramarasamrita Sagar Natak Part 5 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 68 Pages
103). Ramayan Ramashvamedha – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 153 Pages
104). Ramayan Uttara Kanda 1914 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 79 Pages
105). Rasa Leela 1890 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 530 Pages
106). Rasa Prabodha of Ghulam Nabi 1890 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 90 Pages
107). Rasa Tarang 1886 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 70 Pages
108). Rukamana Mangal Pg 17 Onwards 1918 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 497 Pages
109). Saamudrik 1896 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 33 Pages
110). Saangeet Prahlad of Lakshman Singh 1913 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 50 Pages
111). Saangeet Shikha 1891 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 64 Pages
112). Samar Vijay 1893 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 41 Pages
113). Samaya Deepika 1914 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 32 Pages
114). Saras Stotra Sara Sangraha 1909 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 39 Pages
115). Satsang Sagar – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 168 Pages
116). Saudagar Leela – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 60 Pages
117). Shahnama Urdu in Nagari Script Pg 9 to 150 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 153 Pages
118). Shashi Mauli 1889 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 77 Pages
119). Shashi Mauli 1889 2nd Scan – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 77 Pages
120). Shat Ritu Kavya Sangraha – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 181 Pages
121). Shiv Vivaha Kavitavali 1919 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 22 Pages
122). Shiva Purana Hindi Pg 137 – 1024 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 576 Pages
123). Shiva Purana Hindi Pg. 137 – 1024 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 890 Pages
124). Shri Bhakti Shiromani 1899 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 452 Pages
125). Shri Hari Prem Rasayan – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 373 Pages
126). Shri Karmma Mula Vriksha Sanskrit Hindi and English of Baba Saryudas Mahanta Udaseen 1935 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 14 Pages
127). Shri Ram Stava Raj 1898 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 26 Pages
128). Shyam Keli of Lal Govind Sahay Bhatnagar 1889 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 45 Pages
129). Sitaram Samyoga Padavali 1880 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 83 Pages
130). Sujan Parva 1896 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 46 Pages
131). Svapna Prakash 1884 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 12 Pages
132). Upanishad Sar Sangraha with English Translation of Rai Bahadur Pt. Kashinath 1933 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 96 Pages
133). Utsarg 1921 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 95 Pages
134). Vasantika by Ganga Prasad Pandey 1940 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 112 Pages
135). Vasudev Sri Krishna Chandra of D S Chaturvedi 1926 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 182 Pages
136). Veda Vedanta Sara Shiromani 1909 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 102 Pages
137). Vichitropadesha 1913 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 46 Pages
138). Vijay Dohavali 1905 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 32 Pages
139). Vijay Muktavali 1913 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 193 Pages
140). Vijay Raghav Khand Sundara Kand – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 103 Pages
141). Vijay Vishal 1890 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 109 Pages
142). Vijaya Raghava Khand Alha Kishkindha Kanda 1926 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 50 Pages
143). Vijaya Raghava Khand Alha Sundar Kanda 1921 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 103 Pages
144). Vijaya Raghava Khand Alha Sundar Kanda 1921 II- Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 105 Pages
145). Vijaya Raghava Khand Lanka Kanda – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 171 Pages
146). Vinay Prakash of Bal Das 1889 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 28 Pages
147). Vinaya Vilas 1893 – Munshi Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 44 Pages
148). Vishnu Sahasranama – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 44 Pages
149). Yagyavalkya Maitreyi Samvad of Rai Bahadur Babu Zalim Singh 1926 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 59 Pages
150). Yoga Vasishtha Hindi Pg 633 to 840 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 160 Pages
151). Yoga Vasishtha Hindi Pg 81 to 124 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 48 Pages
152). Yoga Vasishtha Se Chune Hue Kuch Shlok Raja Shiv Prasad Sitare Hind 1920 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 22 Pages
153). Yugal Samvad Bodha Prakash Compilation by Mahatma Yogala Kishore 1884 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 118 Pages
154). Yugal Samvad Bodha Prakash Compilation by Mahatma Yogala Kishore 2nd Print 1915 – Naval Kishore Press.pdf , 96 Pages

eGangotri 24:Almira 24 Completed. 69 Telugu Script Manuscripts. Śrī Magazine of Kashmir from 1934.Publications from Pre-Independence Lahore

05 Sunday Mar 2017

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Almira 24 Completed:
 
All 5 Shelves of Almira 24 containing 187 Texts have been completed. Subjects covered included Vedic works, Upanishads, Puranas, some Hindi Translations offering us rare specimens of 19th Cenutry Hindi Prose, and Sanskrit Works in Telugu Script.
All 187 Texts are viewable below:

Mentionables were  –

Prabodha Chandrodaya with Hindi Translation

https://archive.org/details/PrabodhaChandrodayaBhashaTikaGulabSingh5407GhaAlm24Shlf4DevanagariNatak

Raj Neeti (Hindi)

https://archive.org/details/RajneetiBhasha5409GhaAlm24Shlf4DevanagariNitiShastra

Sarasawta Prakriya the Grammatical Work with Hindi Tika

https://archive.org/details/SaraswataPrakriyaHindiTikaAnubhutiSvarupacharya5379GhaAlm24Shlf3DevanagariVyakarana

Manusmriti with Hindi Tika

https://archive.org/details/ManusmritiHindiTikaGuljarSharma5434Alm24Shlf5GhaDevanagariDharmaShastra

Ramayanas with Hindi Tika:

https://archive.org/details/RamayanaWithCommentaryRudraDutta5415GhaAlm24Shlf4DevanagariKavya

https://archive.org/details/ValmikiRamayanamRudrdutt5414Alm24Shlf4GhaDevanagariBhaktiKavya

A Maha Kavya by the Kashmirian Mahim Bhatta with a Strange Name: Ravana-Arjuniyam

https://archive.org/details/RavanarjuniyamOfKashmirakaHimBhatta5395GhaAlm24Shlf4DevanagariKavya

An Ayurvedic Text Rasa Ratnakar

https://archive.org/details/RasaRatnakarShriNityaNathSiddha5292Alm24Shlf1DevanagariAyurveda

Report on Sanskrit Documents in Telugu Characters can be seen below
3 Issues of Śrī Magazine(Quarterly from Srinagar) from circa 1930s 
 
 
First brought to my attention by Demian Martins, the Brazilian Sanskritist based in Vrindavan – it had been a pleasant surprise to know that there had been Sanskrit magazines published from Srinagar.
Inquiries with Shri Kokilu of Delhi apprised me that the magazine was a name he had heard as a child in Kashmir but had never seen any issue.
Just this month at the Jammu residence of the Octogenarian Sanskrit Scholar and Poet, Recipient President’s Award , Shri B.N. Kalla, three issues of Śrī have been found with a publication Date of 1934.
It has among other writings, Sanskrit articles by the polymath Rahul Sanskrityayan and Nityananda Shastri( a famous Sktist from Kashmir of the Early 20th Century.
Shri B.N. Kalla’s family is very kindly allowing us access to his Collection which will include Shri Kalla’s entire oeuvre of which Kashmir Krandanam we have already digitized from Srinagar. Thanks to Kiran Kalla, Son of Shri B.N. Kalla – and Shri Vinod Razdan Sahib for recommending us – and make this happen.
Kalla Sahib’s Text will be made available at the following Link.
Rare Books 
51 Rare Books were digitized in this Period.
Most Interesting was this Lahore Publication of 1929 with a Sanskrit Tika Sphota Vimarshini on the First Two Ahniks of Patanjali’s Grammatical Commentary Mahabhashya.
Sphota Theory was first propounded by  Bhartrihari in the 6th Century and is a Mystical Theory of Lingusitic Communication.
The following sheds some light on this important Linguistic Concept:
For Bhartrihari, linguistic meaning cannot be conveyed or accounted for by the physical utterance and perception of sounds, so he puts forth the sphota theory: the theory which posits the meaning-unit, which for him is the sentence, as a single entity.

A.C Woolner and his VC-hood of Punjab University is mentioned in the Cover Page.

Durga Saptashati with 7 Tikas 1894:

https://archive.org/details/DurgaSaptashatiWith7Tikas1894NirayaSagarPress

An 1887 English Translation of Naval Kishore Press

Mathematical Text Leelavati (1894)

https://archive.org/details/Leelavati1894WithHindiTikaVenkateshwarPress

Sahitya Mimansa another Text from Pre-Independence Lahore

https://archive.org/details/SahityaMimansaHindiBhavanLahore

Interesting tidbits from the Net
Found this Great Digital Collection of Old and Rare Books by the University of Toronto with 524 Sanskrit Texts
Urdu was the Second Highest Indian Language with 495 Texts:
Main Page of All Digitized Texts from Toronto numbering over 5 Lakhs:
ries of Meditation

Know Indian Copyright Laws Series – I. All Books published before 1958 are in the Public Domain

05 Sunday Mar 2017

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All Books published before the passing of the Copyright Act, 1957 applicable from 21 January 1958, are governed by the The Indian Copyright Act, 1914.

According to this Law, any Work looses copyright after 50 years of its publication. Therefore, for a text published in 1957,  is already in the Public Domain by the Year 2007. Hence, can be republished and transmitted in any means freely.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_India

eGangotri 23: More Copies of Sri Vidya Nitya Paddhati of Sahib Kaul; A Stash of Rare Sanskrit Books from Lucknow ; Guru Grantha Pradipa Hindi Tika of Guru Grantha Sahib

02 Friday Dec 2016

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More Copies of Sahib Kaul’s Sri Vidya Nitya Paddhati have been found – besides the two we did last time.
 
Thanks to Subject Tagging, Items digitized exclusively since Last Newsletter for the 23rd News Letter can be selectively seen in this Filtered View:
With this Issue the Entire Almira 25 is over and as evident from the Filtered List above most Texts were related to Agama Shastra.
Our Digitizations of Shelf-1 Almira 24 have started and this shelf is mostly Vedic Texts.
In Lucknow, thanks to a Sanskrit Activist – who doesn’t want to be identified – we have got access to the Collection of a Deceased Scholar of Vyakarana which has mostly very old Books occupying 10 packed Almiras.
The following Account will be dedicated to books from this Center.
The Oldest from the 3 Almiras we have examined so far is this Edition of Harsha Charita printed at Vidya Vilas Press, Benares in 1880 ( 1936 V.E ) , by the Great Patron of Oriental Learning our dear Maharaja Ranbir Singh-ji with the following Self-description
श्रीमन्महाराजाधिराज जम्बू-काश्मीरतिब्बताद्यनेकादेशाधीश प्रभुवर श्रीमहाराज रणवीर सिंह बहादुरजी की आज्ञानुसार यह हर्ष चरित महाकाव्य विद्या विलास नामक मुद्रा यंत्रालय में शिब्बामल्ल के अधिकार से मुद्रित संवत् १९३६ ज्यैष्ठ प्र ६
These days I am in New Delhi and besides petitioning/liasing (with several Individuals, Bureaucrats,Ministers, Digitization Houses/Archivists ) advocating Open Access/Free Availabilty of all Govt Digital Initiatives/Cultural Archives ( NMM, IGNCA, AIR, DD Archives all belong to the Net not the Private Cloud/ and in some Cases CDs/DVDs, ie Humans not Machines, Open Doors not Locked Mansions, Democratization of Cultural Information not the oligarchy of barely Literate Computer Operators hanging over there Computers/almiras of stacked CDs); I will be attending the IGNCA organized Abhinavagupta Millenium Celeberations on 15th-17th Dec 2016. I encourage all to attend this Conference where some of the best minds of the World are congregating. I will be carrying my eBook/eManuscript Data for sharing with anyone interested. 
Yesterday,  I was very fortunate to visit the premises of Rekhta.org in Noida – a very vibrant Office not least the Man behind the endeavour Shri Sanjay Shroff. Rekhta Staff very kindly showed me there godown of Books which is a few thousands of mostly Urdu and some Persian and Hindi/Sanskrit Books.
The Hindi/Sanskrit Section were exclusively Naval Kishore Press Donations. Of the 5-6 packed Almiras, no more than 100 unique items exist as most books are multiple copies.
Some quick pictures of the Naval Kishore Hindi/Sanskrit Collection I managed to snap can be seen below:
This one book really caught my attention a Hindi Translation and Tika on the Guru Grantha Sahib which was very graciously digitized on the Spot:
The FB Post with musings can be read here.
I saw some Vedantic Translations by Rai Bahadur Zalim Singh, that were other than his works we encountered in Srinagar.
Rekhta has invited me to spend few hours in there godown and pick each unique title from the Devanagari Collection – which they will then digitize as well – something they didnt have in there Agenda for the Near Future but a much appreciated gesture towards me and my Comprehensive Digitization of Naval Kishore Publications Project.
Hope to see everyone at IGNCA Premises, New Delhi

Chetan Pandey

You never enjoy the world aright, till the Sea itself floweth in your veins, till you are clothed with the heavens, and crowned with the stars – Traherne, Centuries of Meditation

eGangotri 22: Illustrated Manuscript from Chinma Punjab, 1890 Prose Translation in Hindi of Arabian Nights and Varah Mihir’s Astronomical Worl etc

01 Saturday Oct 2016

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In this Issue, I have 3 Minor Digital Work to highlight besides our regular Work.
I begin with thanking Dr Narinder Sharma from Noida, for approaching us to digitize his 7 Ancestral Manuscripts from Chimna, Punjab all now viewable at:
One of these has beautiful Illustrations:

We are also grateful to the very kind people at KECSS ( Kashmir Educational Scientific Research Society ) , Pamposh Enclave, New Delhi who had all this while had photocopies of 9 Sharada Manuscripts – originally from Pratap Singh Museum, Srinagar now digitized thanks to Trustees/President Shr B.B.Dhar and Shri Arun Shaliaji

https://archive.org/details/@kecsscollection&tab=uploads

Amongst these 9 manuscripts, the scholarly world is particularly lucky that a copy of Ishvara Pratyabhijna along with Gitartha Sangraha of Abhinavagupta in 700 over pages was also present.

https://archive.org/details/IshvarPratyabhijnaAndBhagavataGItaTikaKECSSPhotocopiedManuscript

Through the Kindness of UPSS, Lucknow Librarian Shri  Jagdananada Jha, some 19th Century and Early 20th Century Rare Books also came to us at our Lucknow Center.

These can be viewed here:

https://archive.org/details/@indologicalbooks

Some of these Printed Texts are modeled on a Traditional Manuscript such as :

https://archive.org/details/SiddhantaChandrikaWithSubodhiniII1891SecondScanGaneshPrabhakarPrinters

https://archive.org/details/SiddhantaChandrikaI1889RamAshramAcharya

https://archive.org/details/SiddhantaChandrikaI1889RamAshramAcharya

https://archive.org/details/KuvalayanandaWithChandrika1879AppayaDikshit

Hindi Translation of the Kashmirian Mammata’s Kavya Prakash is another Rare find:

https://archive.org/details/KavyaPrakash1943HindiTranslateByPanditHariMangalMisra

Among Manuscripts in we have many curiosities:

A 1890 Hindi Prose Translation of Arabian Nights, Sahasra Rajni Charitra

https://archive.org/details/SahasraRajaniCharitraHindiProseTranslationOfArabianNightsChanderKaulLekhareYear1

The 10th Century Astronomical Text Brihat Samhita of Varah Mihir

https://archive.org/details/BrihatSamhitaVivrittiVarahMihir4979Alm22Shlf4DevanagariJyotisha

3 Volumes of Sur Sagar

https://archive.org/details/SursagarPartIIOfIVNoPartIFoundSurdasAlm25Shlf15468GhaDevanagariPg167340BhaktiKavya

which is the Personal Copy of Maharaja Ranbir Singh as evident from the following lines in the Last Page

This Text is for the Reading of Shriman Maharaja Sahib Ranbir Singh Bahadur GCSI, Indra, Mahendra, Sipah Saltanat Jambu, Kashmir, Tibet etc-Pati(Lord)

Rasa Ratnakar of Nitya Nath Siddha is listed as Ayurveda(Alchemy)

Stuti Kusumanja of Jagaddhar Bhatta – a published Kashmirian Work

A Vedic Manuscript with Svaras:

https://archive.org/details/RigvedaSamhitaPadaPathaWithSvaras5045Alm22Shlf5DevanagariSamhitaBrahmin

As usual, all other manuscripts can be viewed at there usual Home.

https://archive.org/details/@dharmarthatrustjk

I keep urging my dear Readers – similar to Dr. Narendra and Jagadanada Jha ji – to approach us if they have manuscript or Rare Books Collections.

I am hoping to start receiving some grant soon, this will increase my budget somewhat.

If any body on my List knows any Manuscript Collection in the Indian Sub Continent with a bias towards Mysticism, who would like there Collection digitized for free  please inform us. I will be grateful to use my grant money for this purpose.

May All Books and Manuscripts in the World be saved as eBooks.

Chetan Pandey

You never enjoy the world aright, till the Sea itself floweth in your veins, till you are clothed with the heavens, and crowned with the stars – Traherne, Centuries of Meditation

eGangotri 21. ICPR Workshop on Kashmir Shaivism. Awards for Digital Preservation Work. And More Manuscript and Rare Books News

01 Friday Jul 2016

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Trika Workshop in Lucknow(Sept 21- Oct 1 )
 
The Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR)is organizing a Workshop (for 11 Days) on Trika Philosophy of Kashmir (i.e. Kashmir Saivism) from September 21 to October 1, 2016 at ICPR Academic Centre, Lucknow, Professor Navjivan Rastogi my Guruji is the Coordinator of the program.
 
         Last Date of receiving applications is 15th July 2016. 
 
 
 
Please do rush as the last date of Application is just around.
 
 
Awards for Digital Preservation Work
 
Digital Preservation Coalition(DPC) is a UK-based non-profit limited company which seeks to secure the preservation of digital resources in the UK and internationally to secure the global digital memory and knowledge base. 
 
There prestigious 2016 awards for Best Digital Preservation Work in 6 Categories is open for all Individuals and Insititutions working for Digital Preservation globally.
Application and Information is viewable below:
 
So if you have digitized Texts, Audio, Videos etc and worked for preserving Human Civilization’s Digital Memory, here is your Opportunity to find Esteemed Recognition and pathway to future Grants.
 
But do remember the last date of ApplicationJuly 21stis around the Corner. So hurry.
 
Manuscript News
 
Few more Shelves of Almira 26 all Tantric Works have been completely digitized. Remarkable entries are:
Another Rudryamala has been digitized:
A Transliteration of Bhagavata Gita in Persian Characters
Vidyaranava Agama

Shyama Rahasya

Shyama Rahasya 5904 Almira 26 Shlf 3 Devanagari Tantra : eGangotri : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

All Latest Manuscripts Viewable at:
Rare Books News:
A 4-Language Translation of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam in 508 Pages – includes English, French, German and Arabic with several Color Illustrations

A Sanskrit Compilation of Pre-Partition Lahore including Bhartrahari shataka’s

Ayodhya Kanda Geeta Bhartihari Shatak Buddha Charit Etc Printed In Lahore : eGangotri : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

Ayodhya Kanda Geeta Bhartihari Shatak Buddha Charit Etc Printed In Lahore :…

Indological Books related to Sanskrit Learning ( संस्कृत )

Bhagwan Gopinath Of Kashmir Gopinath Trust : eGangotri : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

A 1889 English Translation of Ananda Lahari, littered with mystical diagrams and exposition make the edition very useful

https://archive.org/details/AnandaLahari1899R.AnantakrishnaSastri

English Translation of Panchastavi by Revered Mystic GopiNath of Kashmir

Panchastavi By Gopi Krishna Central Institute For Kundalini Research Srinagar : eGangotri : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

Another Stein Work on the Ancient Geography of Kashmir – the Colonial Sanskritist who had done precious and valuable work in Kashmir – including the catalog of the Library we are digitizing:

Memoir On Maps Illustrating The Ancient Geography Of Kashmir M. A. Stein : eGangotri : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

Memoir On Maps Illustrating The Ancient Geography Of Kashmir M. A. Stein : …

Indological Books related to Sanskrit Learning ( संस्कृत )

Some kind of Manuscript

Avatara Names In Bhagavata Hand Written Manuscript RK Ashram Srinagar : eGangotri : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

All Viewable in chronologically descending Order:

https://archive.org/details/@indologicalbooks

Sarai Donations
 
Old Issues of Hindi Magazines Sarswati, Janavani and Bhavishya from the 30s recieved from Sarai are digitized/viewable at
 

Chetan Pandey

You never enjoy the world aright, till the Sea itself floweth in your veins, till you are clothed with the heavens, and crowned with the stars – Traherne, Centuries of Meditation

eGangotri 20: Unesco IFPC Grant; Stein’s Tantric Collection Completed; Prof Shahid Urdu Collection Completed; Oldest Printed Work of Abhinavagupta

08 Sunday May 2016

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IFPC Unseco Grant
I confess I am late in passing this information , but there is still time till May 31st 2016 for applying to the IFPC Unesco Grant worth 20,000 to 100,000 USD for any Work related to Cultural Preservation or Novel Creation. All it  takes is to fill an Online Form.
Please view details below:
All my friends in this List – who are working in the field of Culture and Preservation – please do apply and I hope everybody who applies gets it.
Prof Shahid Amim Urdu Collection
Thanks once gain to Shri Ravikant of Sarai ( CSDS ) who had lent us the Old and Rare Urdu Books Collection of  Prof Shahid of Delhi University, all the 70-ish Urdu books save a few whose pages were giving away on touch have finally been digitized.
Many interesting Titles amongst a very Rich Literary Selection are:
Essays on Rumi in Urdu
2 Urdu Ramayans
An 1890 Translation into English and Persian from its Turkish Original – unfortunately fragmentary
The Holy Bible in Persian and Urdu
Poetry of Bollywood Fame Urdu Poet Majruh Sultanpuri and Qateel Shifai, works of Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad are some other interesting titles.
Around 10-15 books in the Collection were Naval Kishore Publications – whose complete Online Archive – is one of our upcoming Project and more details below.
Steing Tantra Collection
All Stein Tantra Volumes have now been completed and viewable as usual at:
Only Item 4933 Sharada Tilak from the List couldnt be located though but another Sharada Tilak in the List was done
 
 
This Copy of Rudrayamal Tantra is an important rare much in demand manuscript
This could be a very rare and important manuscript
since its author is Bhatta Narayan Kantha – a Shaivite whose oeuvre is discussed in Sanderson’s articles.
The following three are Lexical Works on Agama/Mantra Shastra
Since, Stein’s Tantric Collections are over now, we are back to Our Original Almira 27 and now digitizing the remaining Musical Manuscripts.
This One has 3 Scripts and Four Languages – Devanagari( Sankrit/Hindi), Gurumukhi, and Perso-Arabic(Urdu)
Ther Other Musical Works are:
Taladhyaya
Svaradhyaya
Hindola Rag
Deepak Rag
Deepak Rag above had some nice illustrations:
Rare Book News
Oldest Kashmiri Shaivite Publication in Print ( and Oldest Work to be translated in a Modern Language ) traced
While reading Ulrike Strike’s riveting An Empire of Books on Munshi Naval Kishore Press’ Career of almost a century  I was delighted  to come across the following  Entry  in the Appendix
wherein is mentioned the 1876 Publication of Paramartha Sara by Abhinavagupta plus a Hindi Translation.
My Guruji Prof Navjivan Rastogi had informed me in the Past that he had heard of such a Publication of this Text by Naval Kishore in the 19th Century but he  was uncertain if the Title was really Abhinavagauptan.
I urge scholars if they can ever come across this Text and make it available for Digitization.
The Amir-ud-daula Library which houses around 2000 Donated Naval Kishore Publications doesnt have this book mentioned in there Catalog – see below.
Naval Kishore Archives Project
I was very fortunate to speak to the founder of rekhta.org, Shri Sanjiv Saraf. rekhta.org Mr. Saraf’s Digital Initiative to preserve Old and Rare Urdu Books has already made 20,000 Urdu Literary Works online.
rekhta.org Staff apprised me that they have received Truck Loads of Books from Naval Kishore Press Descendants  and since there only focus is Urdu Literature, I have been assured I can get access to the remaining Sanskrit, Hindi and Persian Texts and non-Literary Urdu Texts as well which they will not digitize.
Besides the Gates of Amir-ud-Daula Library will be opened soon to us also where they house around 2000 Titles of Naval Kishore Press in the Naval Kishore Room
The Catalog of this Collection can be seen below once again:
Other Rare Book News
Few Stray and Interesting Rare Titles:
A Sufi Work
Lal Vakh Translations in Urdu in Two Volumes
These 2 are Kashmirian Publication from Bombay of Keshava Bhatta a Kashmiri Sanskritist and we have digitized quite a few of his Publications. Keshava Bhatt’s Commissionings of Publications to Nirnaya Sagar Press  are appended there, so the List is Known and this can be used to tally with whatever has been done and at some point of time bring all his Works in Public Domain and with Certainty state that his works have been exhaustively brought out.
Hope all my friends who apply can make it to the Grant.

eGangotri 19: Holi Issue. Krama PhD, Naval Kishore Press Books

25 Friday Mar 2016

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In this Issue of eGangotri I have a very special Text .
 
The Two Volume Unpublished PhD of Guruji Navjivan Rastogi on Krama Monism.
 

The Philosphy Of Krama Monism Of Kashmir An Analytical Study Vol. II Navjivan Rastogi : eGangotri : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

The Second Volume Guruji had redacted into a Book unpublished to date which we uploaded in 2014

Metaphysics and Tantric Esotericism of Krama : Unreduced Version : Navjivan Rastogi : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

The Availability of this Unpublished PhD will greatly add to the amount of meagre information on one of the Most Esoteric Schools of Indian Mysticism the Krama.

Naval Kishore Press:

Thanks to Ulrike Stark and her book

Empire of Books, An: The Naval Kishore Press and the Diffusion of the Printed Word in Colonial India

My attention was first drawn to the fact that the Legendary Nawal Kishor Press is still quasi-operational and that his descendants still cherish his memory and are eager to keep the flame of his work alive. After much search I was able to track Padma Shri Dr. Ranjit Bhargava – descendant – who has given me a cache of around 60 Unique Titles of Naval Kishor Press, including

Urdu Ramayan

Urdu Simhasan Batisi

Indra Sabha Amanat

Hindi Mahabharat etc

All these Unique Titles can be viewed below:

Naval Kishore Publications in Sanskrit, Hindi, Urdu | Facebook

A few of these books have been digitized already and can be viewed at the following account created exclusively to host Naval Kishore Publications:

https://archive.org/details/@navalkishorepress

 
Dr. Ranjit Bhargava – who had donated all Naval Kishore books to the Amir-ud-daula Library, Lucknow , amongst other institutions – has also written us a Letter of Introduction asking the Library Authorities to allows us to digitize these Texts.
A Few Pictures my staff took of the Naval Kishore Room of Amir-ud-daula Library can be seen here:
As you can see there is a cutting of Avadh Akhbar – one of the oldest newspapers of Urdu in India.
The Catalog of these Naval Kishore Books can be read here:
The Number of Books according to Languages are as follows:
Sanskrit 71
Hindi 194
Other Publications in Hindi 32(Ram Kumar Press, a subsidiary )  + 14
Persian 699
Urdu 381
Arabic 156
Hopefully we can start digitizing these books in a month or so.
The archive account gives a brief synopsis of the career of Naval Kishore Press. Naval Kishore Press is especially remembered in Pakistan for his huge contribution to Indo-Islamic Publishing in the nascent stage of Printing Industry. I thank Dr. Bhargava profusely for his kindness in making this possible.
Our next target are the brilliant guys at Rekhta.org based in Noida and who received a much larger collection from Dr. Bhargava and are doing a phenomenal job of digitizing Rare Urdu Books of poetry
Anyone with the direct contact info of Shri Sanjiv Sarraf, proprietor rekhta.org will be appreciated.

Urdu Poetry, Urdu Shayari of Famous Poets – Rekhta

Urdu Poetry resource in Urdu, Hindi & Roman scripts. Daily updated Ghazals, Nazms & famous urdu shayari …
Since they are only concentrating on Poetry, I hope they will let us come in the picture and do non-literary works and Hindi/Sanskrit Books they have recieved.
Ulrike Stark’s book makes very riveting reading I recommend it to everyone interested in the Indian Cultural Renaissance happening in the Late 19th Century.
Digitized Books:
As mentioned in my last Newsletter, we were fortunate that the Naval Kishore 1880 Hindi Translation of the Bhagavata Gita was found at Ram Shaiva Ashram, Srinagar.
This is another BG Translation of Anand Giri’s Tika of 1921

This above also was one of the last remaining books that were left in Ram Shaiva Ashram Fateh Kadal.

Now with the exception of Uttara Gita with Gaudapada Karika, which we should get hold of soon, all Ram Shaiva Ashram Texts are finally digitized.

Mr. Roshan Kaul the care-taker we wish him all the best for his most kind assistance.

Other digitized Rare Books can be seen below:
In Manuscript work , we continue following the Venerable Stein and his List of Tantric Works.
Recent entries can be seen here.
Chetan Pandey

You never enjoy the world aright, till the Sea itself floweth in your veins, till you are clothed with the heavens, and crowned with the stars – Traherne, Centuries of Meditation