Paṭṭattŭ Mana Collection: HMML Repository
Paṭṭattŭ Mana Collection
This is a collection of palm leaf manuscripts belonging to a family of Ṛgvedins. It was digitized by the Digital Preservation of Kerala Archives Project (DiPiKA).
- Collection
- Buddhist Hindu
- Country
- India
- City
- Cherussery (Thrissur)
- Repository
- Paṭṭattŭ Mana Collection
- Project Codes
- DKA 012
- Project Numbers
- DKA 012 00001-00009
- Type
- Digital
- Objects Preserved
- 9
- Active Catalog Records
- 0
- Date Preserved
- 2024
- HMML Authority File
- https://haf.vhmml.org/organization/369880167041
- Languages
- Sanskrit, Malayalam
- Preservation Status
- Complete
- Cataloging Status
- In progress
Collection History
The collection originally belonged to a family of Ṛgvedins, and it has remained in their custody to the present day.
Project Description
DiPiKA is a collaboration between the Vadakke Madham Brahmaswam (Vedic Research Centre) in Thrissur, the École française d’Extrême-Orient (EFEO, Paris and Pondicherry), the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML, Collegeville, Minnesota), and the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC), University of Hamburg. The project is funded by Arcadia for a period of five years. The project aims at preserving the rich and highly endangered written cultural heritage of Kerala. It surveys and digitizes palm-leaf and paper manuscripts kept in private collections across the state. The digitized collections will be fed into a digital repository, thus forming an online archive of Kerala manuscripts that will be openly accessible. This will facilitate its use by scholars and private owners, thereby also fostering further local initiatives to safeguard historical written artifacts.