Aspects of manuscript culture in South India / edited by Saraju Rath.

• Superior document: Brill's Indological library, v. 40
• Author: International Institute for Asian Studies.
• TeilnehmendeR: Rath, Saraju.; International Institute for Asian Studies.; Production, Distribution and Collection of Sanskrit Manuscripts in Ancient South India (Workshop) (2007 : Leiden, Netherlands)
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's Indological library ; v. 40.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (338 p.)
• Notes: "This volume is an outcome of the workshop 'Production, distribution and collection of Sanskrit manuscripts in Ancient South India' which was organized at the International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden, on 20-21 April 2007"--Preface.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1280997869; 9786613769473; 9004223479
• ISSN: 0926-2916
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Saraju Rath.

This volume, the outcome of a seminar organized at the International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden, marks an important advancement in the study of South Indian Sanskrit manuscripts which are predominantly on palm leaf and rarely older than three to four centuries. Nevertheless, they continued a manuscript culture for around two millennia and had a profound impact on traditions of knowledge and culture. After an introductory essay (by J.E.M. Houben and S. Rath) addressing theoretical and historical issues of text transmission in manuscripts and in India’s remarkably strong oral memory culture, it contains twelve contributions dealing with South Indian manuscript collections in India and Europe (mainly of Vedic and Sanskrit texts) and with problems related to the scripts, the dating of manuscripts and India's literary and intellectual history. Contributors include: G. Colas, A.A. Esposito, M. Fujii, C. Galewicz, J.E.M. Houben, H. Moser, P. Perumal, K. Plofker, S. Rath, S.R. Sarma, D. Wujastyk, K.G. Zysk