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There are thousands of lost palm leaf books, in Sanskrit and other South Asian languages, rotting away. There is simply no money to support the scholarship tha
by dr_dshiv 5y ago
There are thousands of lost palm leaf books, in Sanskrit and other South Asian languages, rotting away.
There is simply no money to support the scholarship that would preserve these works. It's incredibly sad.
- prox 5y agoDo you know any libraries that need financial support for archiving this body of work?
- dr_dshiv 5y agoI know of research institutes, yes. Sanskrit is widely taught in younger years. Funding needs to go to bright PhD students to make the field again. It's extremely conservative and territorial after so many years of hardship.
- Goety 5y agoI hope they get digitized before they all fall apart. Maybe they should contact google.
- dr_dshiv 5y agoThey have to be found first. They are mostly scattered in temple basements and private collections.