Paraṃparā
Subtitle: a digital archive to the manuscripts in the French Institute of Pondicherry
By: François Grimal ... [et al.].
Contributors: Grimal, Francois; Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient
Series: Publications du Département d'indologie -- 90
Publisher: Institute Français de Pondichéry
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Pondichéry
Language: eng; fre
Format: [electronic resource] :
Subjects: Sanskrit Manuscripts; Catalogs
Notes: Title from container.

The manuscript collection of the French Institute of Pondicherry was started in 1955 by its founder-director, the polymath Jean Filliozat, with a view to collecting all material relating to Śaiva tantras, the scriptures of a Śaiva religious tradition called the Śaiva Siddhānta, which has flourished in South India since the 7th century. The palm-leaf manuscripts, most in Grantha script and Sanskrit language, were gathered from the private collections of priests and monasteries across South India. When the manuscripts themselves could not be obtained, transcripts were made.

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