An overview of the manuscript collection of the French institute of Pondicherry
Résumé
The present articles gives the details of the project run at the Indology department of the French Institute of Pondicherry. It also aims at the collection and resources of the department. One of the well-preserved departments with the collection of Manuscripts and other items. Based on this manuscript collection the Indology department has been engaged for nearly six decades in critically editing and publishing the hitherto unpublished Saiva Agamas which are the fundamental textual corpus of Saiva Religion and Philosophy. These manuscripts have been registered as the UNESCO Memory of the
World and also the National Mission for Manuscripts has certified as Vijnananidhi for this collection.