Bhandarkar Report 1904
BHANDAKAR REPORT on the search of Prākṛit and Saṃskṛit manuscripts 1904 [14 of 69]
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14. One of the seven collections I saw was but the ruins of what appeared to have been a very good collection at one time and was kept sewn pall-mall in a sack. The time and labour spent on examining it with the hope of coming across some important work in a more or less complete state proved to have been spent in vain. It belonged to a Shastri, who died about 16 years ago and had been widely known for his deep learning in five Shastras. The widow of the Śāstrī told the Rajopadhye and me that about a 100 manuscripts had been taken away on the death of her husband by the Baḍā Māsāheb, the grand- mother of the reigning Prince. But the Karbhari has not been able to trace the 'manuscripts, as I learn from a letter received since my return.
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