Hastalekhasastram (The Science of Manuscripts) is a new versified work by Prof. Banamali Biswal which can be treated as a new addition to the tradition of कारिकाशास्त्र, The term हस्तलेखशास्त्र used here in the title of the book denotes Manuscriptology or the science of manuscripts. The book contains four शतक-5 (402) verses or कारिका-5 in Anustubh metre with Auto Construation (अन्वय) and Hindi, English Translation along with vivid bilingual Introduction in Hindi and English. The book is divided into four parts. The first part is named as "Manuscriptology at a Glance", the second part हस्तलेखशास्त्र - एक विहङ्गम दृष्टि (Manuscriptology: a Bird's Eye View), the third part- अनुसन्धानपद्धति (शोधप्रविधि) एक सिंहावलोकन (Research Methodology: A Lion's View) and the fourth part contains the हस्तलेखशास्त्र (The versified Manuscriptology) i.e. verses with Construation (अन्वय) and Hindi, English Translation.
As the title suggests the present work covers almost all the topics related to the systematic and scientific study of manuscripts i.e. their collection, collation, critical edition, classification, conservation, purging off the interpolations, rectification of errors of any kind, tracing the missing portions, properly deciphering the alphabets, understanding the abbreviations and symbols, deciding the date of original composition and so on. The topics discussed in this book are: The historicity of Manuscriptology, Manuscript-wealth and its preservation, Indian writing tradition, The Manuscript-writer and his tools, Causes of scribal errors and emendations, Scribe and scribal remarks and so on. Contextually the title also briefly deals with various aspects of Research Methodology. Here the Methodology is centred around Manuscript-editing and critical edition of any text either published or unpublished.
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