The Sarvamoola Grantha on palm leaves, 250 handwritten manuscripts , the entire set of 39 works of Madhwacharya

[Nagaraj Paturi]

http://samharshbangalore.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-sarvamoola-grantha-pn-palm-leaves.html?m=1

The Sarvamoola Grantha on palm leaves

A well-preserved 700-year-old palm leaf manuscript belonging to the Palimar Math in Udupi is one of the rarest books in the Madhwa Parampare.

The book has always drawn attention, not only for its antiquity but also for the fact that it was written by Hrikesha Theertha, the first and favourite disciple of Madhwacharya.

The 250 manuscripts are handwritten and they contain the entire set of  39 works of  Madhwacharya, the 13th century saint-philosopher from Karnataka and the fountainhead of Madhwa philosophy.

Popularly believed to be the third of the avatar of Hanuma-Bheema and Madhwa, his works put together are called as Sarvamoola Grantha. The 250-odd manuscripts contain all the 39 works of the Acharya and they are in Tulu.

Handwritten by Hrikesha Theertha, the manuscripts are in the Palimaru Matha at Palimaru, 7 kms from Udupi. The matha is adjacent to the serenely flowing Shambaavi river.

The matha is as old if not slightly older than the grantas. The main deity of the matha is Kodanda Rama with Seetha and Lakshmana. These idols were gifted by the Acharya himself to Hrikesha Theertha when he made him the founder-pontiff of the Palimaru Matha.

Hrishikesha Teertha (1250-1330 AD) is the first among the eight seers of the Asta Mathas to be ordained into the Dwaitha order. That is why the cycle of Paryaya system for Krishna pooje begins with this matha.

The Sumadhwavijaya mentions that Hrishikesha Teertha was one of the favorite disciples of  Madhwacharya. He used to read out the verses of Bhagavatha during discourses by the Acharya.

He is the author of  “Sampradaya paddati” and “Anumadhvacharita” both of which deal with the early life and works of Madhwa.

Since he was a favourite of the Acharya, he was given the name Astotkrsta.

The Sampradaya Paddathi is a work in 26 verses. This is perhaps the first work or among the first few works on the Acharya and his texts.  

In the Sampradaya Paddathi, Hrikesha Theertha refers to the Sanyasa given by the Acharya to his brother Vishnu Theertha. He also talks about Madhwacharya asking Vishnu Theertha to keep his works in safe custody and to retrieve them at a later date.

We owe to Hrikesha Theertha the information that Padmanabha Theertha was a native of Karnataka. The seer acknowledges that Padmanabha Theertha played a vital and important role in spreading Dwaitha thought and philosophy in north Karnataka and Bombay Karnataka areas.

The Madhwa Vijaya calls Padmanabha Theertham the “Guru of Karnatakas and other good men”.  

He has personally made a copy of Sarvamoola Granthas in Tulu script on palm leaves even as the Acharya dictated them in Sanskrit. The manuscripts were copied on to silicon wafer to preserve them for posterity.

The manuscripts are housed in the sanctum sanctorum of the Palimaru Math and worshipped by successive pontiffs. These  manuscripts first saw the light of day when Bannanje Govindacharya, noted Sanskrit and Kannada scholar, persuaded the then Palimaru Math pontiff Vidyamanya Tirrtha to publish them.

Mr. Govindacharya, who edited and printed the works, has clarified that the Acharya wrote 39 and not 37 works.

These manuscripts were digitalised along with the digitilisation of more than 2,000 volumes of palm leaf manuscripts belonging to Sode Vadiraja Mutt of Udupi, which are between two and three 

centuries old. 

[Vishal Agarwal]

Respected Dr. Paturi,

Is there a catalog of their manuscripts that have been digitized?

With regards,

Vishal

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[Ajit Gargeshwari]

Most of  the manuscripts belonging to Asta Mathas have been digitized . I don't think they have published or made available a list of Manuscripts they have digitized. New imaging technology to the aid of manuscripts - The Hindu 

Tara Prakashana is involved in digitizing palm leaf manuscripts. Dr P R Mukund is the founder trustee of Tara Prakashana 

Fragile palm-leaf manuscripts of Udupi mutts to get digital revival – Taraprakashana  

I don't Know how many scholars can read Tigalari Sanskrit manuscripts. Reading Tigalari will be a key step towards documenting these old fragile manuscripts

Manuscriptologists and scholars who are involved in preparing critical editions will be able to inform if The oldest manuscript is always the most reliable manuscript towards a critical edition of a text and can that form the basis to claim authenticity of a given edition.

Regards

Ajit Gargeshwari

[K S Kannan]

Some pertinent issues have been raised by Sri Gargeswari.

There is a dire need of an army of scholars well versed in

reading the various scripts in which these mss. are written.

This may require a decent honorarium to be paid to the scholars who teach the scripts,

and some stipend for those who wish to learn. Rather than rest content with

some youtube videos that can teach the scripts (or providing good scan of mss. in addition)

- which no doubt can augment the cause - an all-India institutional infrastructure,

whereby batches of trained scholars are turned out

every year on a regular basis - indeed constitutes a key desideratum.

Knowledge of scripts coupled with scholarship in the particular field(s)

alone can yield worthy results.

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Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj Chair Professor, IIT-Madras.

Senior Fellow, ICSSR, New Delhi.

Academic Director, Swadeshi Indology.

Member, Academic Council, Veda Vijnana Shodha Samsthana.

Nominated Member, IIAS, Shimla.

Former Professor, CAHC, Jain University, Bangalore.

Former Director, Karnataka Samskrit University, Bangalore.

Former Head, Dept. of Sanskrit, The National Colleges, Bangalore.

[Nagaraj Paturi]

Dear Sri Vishal Agarwal-ji,

https://sripalimarumatha.org/tattwa-samshodhana-samsat

has a catalogue maintained in its library. 

During my visit to it during our BVP conference, researchers at Tattwa Samshodhana Samsat they told me that they were finalizing the digitization of it.  

Any members connected to the research body may be able to provide more information. 

Regards,

Nagaraj

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Nagaraj Paturi

 

Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.

Director,  Inter-Gurukula-University Centre , Indic Academy

BoS, MIT School of Vedic Sciences, Pune, Maharashtra

BoS, Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth, Veliyanad, Kerala

BoS Veda Vijnana Gurukula, Bengaluru.

Member, Advisory Council, Veda Vijnana Shodha Samsthanam, Bengaluru

BoS Rashtram School of Public Leadership

Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Studies in Public Leadership

Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies, 

FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education, 

Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.

 

 

 

[Ajit Gargeshwari]

Control over digitisation and its contents lies with the respective mathas. Dr. Mukund or any one from Tara Publication will be able to provide the right information. Tattwa Samshodhana Samsat  is the research and publication wing of Palimaru Matha one of the Ashta Mathas

Regards
Ajit Gargeshwari

Web site Visit https://archive.org/details/@sri_gargeshwari_digital_foundation

https://archive.org/details/karnatakasamskritauniversity

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