Oriental Manuscripts Library
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By Swami Harshananda
It started in A. D. 1911 as a department of the Government of Travancore. It was amalgamated with the Manuscripts Library of the Kerala University in A. D. 1940. It has a collection of over 50,000 manuscripts in Sanskrit, Malayālam and other languages. It is publishing two journals. They are:
- Journal of the Kerala University Oriental Manuscripts Library in Sanskrit
- Bhāsātraimāsikam in Malayālam
The Library has also published books on Astronomy, Indian Music and other similar subjects.
References[edit]
- The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore