The Updated Data on Sanskrit Manuscripts of the Serindia Collection (IOM, RAS): Perspectives of the Study

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This article presents the preliminary results of the study on the Sanskrit manuscripts of the Serindia Collection of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, RAS. Basing on the previous researches, as well as on the results of the efforts of the ‘Sanskrit Group’ within Serindica Laboratory, the authors outline the structure and repertoire of the Sanskrit part of the Serindia Collection, supplementing it with the description of paleographic and codicological aspects of the Sanskrit manuscripts.

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Artiom Mesheznikov

Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: mesheznikoff@yandex.ru
Russian Federation

Safarali Shomakhmadov

Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, Russian Academy of Sciences

Author for correspondence.
Email: safaralihshom@mail.ru
Russian Federation

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