Tattvabodha- Essays from the Lecture Series of the National Mission for Manuscripts (Vol-VI

About the Book The National Mission for Manuscripts was established in February 2003 by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India with the purpose of locating, documenting, preserving and disseminating the knowledge content of India's handwritten manuscripts. India is said to be the largest repository of handwritten knowledge documents in the world. While looking ahead to reconnect with the knowledge of the Past, the Mission is in the process of trying to re-contextualize the knowledge contained in manuscripts for the present and the future generations.

The Mission organises a monthly lecture series titled "Tattvabodha", in Delhi and other academic centres all over the country. Tattvabodha has established itself as a forum for intellectual discourse, debate and discussion where eminent scholars represent different aspects of India's knowledge systems and interact with highly receptive audiences.

This volume, sixth in the series, contains nine papers presented in different Tattvabodha lectures by well-known scholars. These papers are in English and Sanskrit, covering a variety of subjects of Indian Knowledge system. These scholarly articles hopefully will invoke keen interest amongst academicians and students of Indology.

Foreword In India, diverse knowledge traditions have emanated over centuries and the manuscripts are precious reserves of Indic knowledge systems. The National Mission for Manuscripts, in an attempt to disseminate the knowledge-content of these manuscipts, organizes the Tattvabodha Series of Lectures in Delhi and other parts of the country. In accordance with its title "Tattvabodha"-Awareness of Reality-the lecture series is intended to provide insights into different areas of knowledge by erudite scholars. The present Volume, sixth in the series, is a compilation of nine such discourses by eminent professors under Tattvabodha.

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