We are also grateful to the very kind people at KECSS ( Kashmir Educational Scientific Research Society ) , Pamposh Enclave, New Delhi who had all this while had photocopies of 9 Sharada Manuscripts – originally from Pratap Singh Museum, Srinagar now digitized thanks to Trustees/President Shr B.B.Dhar and Shri Arun Shaliaji
https://archive.org/details/@kecsscollection&tab=uploads
Amongst these 9 manuscripts, the scholarly world is particularly lucky that a copy of Ishvara Pratyabhijna along with Gitartha Sangraha of Abhinavagupta in 700 over pages was also present.
https://archive.org/details/IshvarPratyabhijnaAndBhagavataGItaTikaKECSSPhotocopiedManuscript
Through the Kindness of UPSS, Lucknow Librarian Shri Jagdananada Jha, some 19th Century and Early 20th Century Rare Books also came to us at our Lucknow Center.
These can be viewed here:
https://archive.org/details/@indologicalbooks
Some of these Printed Texts are modeled on a Traditional Manuscript such as :
https://archive.org/details/SiddhantaChandrikaWithSubodhiniII1891SecondScanGaneshPrabhakarPrinters
https://archive.org/details/SiddhantaChandrikaI1889RamAshramAcharya
https://archive.org/details/SiddhantaChandrikaI1889RamAshramAcharya
https://archive.org/details/KuvalayanandaWithChandrika1879AppayaDikshit
Hindi Translation of the Kashmirian Mammata’s Kavya Prakash is another Rare find:
https://archive.org/details/KavyaPrakash1943HindiTranslateByPanditHariMangalMisra
Among Manuscripts in we have many curiosities:
A 1890 Hindi Prose Translation of Arabian Nights, Sahasra Rajni Charitra
The 10th Century Astronomical Text Brihat Samhita of Varah Mihir
https://archive.org/details/BrihatSamhitaVivrittiVarahMihir4979Alm22Shlf4DevanagariJyotisha
3 Volumes of Sur Sagar
which is the Personal Copy of Maharaja Ranbir Singh as evident from the following lines in the Last Page
This Text is for the Reading of Shriman Maharaja Sahib Ranbir Singh Bahadur GCSI, Indra, Mahendra, Sipah Saltanat Jambu, Kashmir, Tibet etc-Pati(Lord)
Rasa Ratnakar of Nitya Nath Siddha is listed as Ayurveda(Alchemy)
A Vedic Manuscript with Svaras:
https://archive.org/details/RigvedaSamhitaPadaPathaWithSvaras5045Alm22Shlf5DevanagariSamhitaBrahmin
As usual, all other manuscripts can be viewed at there usual Home.
https://archive.org/details/@dharmarthatrustjk
I keep urging my dear Readers – similar to Dr. Narendra and Jagadanada Jha ji – to approach us if they have manuscript or Rare Books Collections.
I am hoping to start receiving some grant soon, this will increase my budget somewhat.
If any body on my List knows any Manuscript Collection in the Indian Sub Continent with a bias towards Mysticism, who would like there Collection digitized for free please inform us. I will be grateful to use my grant money for this purpose.
May All Books and Manuscripts in the World be saved as eBooks.
eGangotri Digital Preservation Trust 