Stotrarnava /10
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The Dr. U. V. Swaminatha Iyer Library, Adyar, has
published under this series three Tamil works.
An Editorial Committee has been formed under the
orders of the Director of Public Instruction, Madras, for
selecting manuscripts in different South Indian Languages for
publication in the Madras Government Oriental Manuscripts
Series. The number of manuscripts published by this Library
in this series is as follows:—
Tamil
Sanskrit
Telugu
Malayāļam
Kannada
21
18
7
9
7
Marāṭhi
Persian
2
3
All the manuscripts in this series are edited by the
Curator of this library with the help of the Staff in different
languages except the Stotrārṇavam that was edited by the
Curator himself.
The idea of compiling all the unpublished Stotras,
manuscripts of which are deposited in this library, was
mooted as early as 1958 and approved by the Editorial
Committee constituted by the Director of Public Instruction,
Madras, for selecting manuscripts for publication. The
preparation of the press copy of the available Stotras was
also commenced immediately and most of them were copied by
Sri N. S. Ramanujam, former Sanskrit Pandit of this Library
and now working as Senior Assistant in the Dictionary
Department of the Deccan College, Poona. Since the work
could not be taken up for printing till the Government of
India selected it for publication in December 1960, further
preparation of the press copy was taken up only in
January 1961.
The importance of the Stotras cannot be exaggerated.
The main aim of a person is to obtain Mokṣa or liberation
from the bondage of birth, death and re-birth. All the Āstika
systems of philosophy agree upon this. But they differ in the
mode of achieving it, consistent with their ideas of God, soul
and matter. Among the systems of Vedānta, one can easily
find that they lay stress upon Karma or Bhakti or Jñāna.
published under this series three Tamil works.
An Editorial Committee has been formed under the
orders of the Director of Public Instruction, Madras, for
selecting manuscripts in different South Indian Languages for
publication in the Madras Government Oriental Manuscripts
Series. The number of manuscripts published by this Library
in this series is as follows:—
Tamil
Sanskrit
Telugu
Malayāļam
Kannada
21
18
7
9
7
Marāṭhi
Persian
2
3
All the manuscripts in this series are edited by the
Curator of this library with the help of the Staff in different
languages except the Stotrārṇavam that was edited by the
Curator himself.
The idea of compiling all the unpublished Stotras,
manuscripts of which are deposited in this library, was
mooted as early as 1958 and approved by the Editorial
Committee constituted by the Director of Public Instruction,
Madras, for selecting manuscripts for publication. The
preparation of the press copy of the available Stotras was
also commenced immediately and most of them were copied by
Sri N. S. Ramanujam, former Sanskrit Pandit of this Library
and now working as Senior Assistant in the Dictionary
Department of the Deccan College, Poona. Since the work
could not be taken up for printing till the Government of
India selected it for publication in December 1960, further
preparation of the press copy was taken up only in
January 1961.
The importance of the Stotras cannot be exaggerated.
The main aim of a person is to obtain Mokṣa or liberation
from the bondage of birth, death and re-birth. All the Āstika
systems of philosophy agree upon this. But they differ in the
mode of achieving it, consistent with their ideas of God, soul
and matter. Among the systems of Vedānta, one can easily
find that they lay stress upon Karma or Bhakti or Jñāna.