Classical heritages

[Toke Lindegaard Knudsen]

On Mar 19, 2009, at 12:56 PM, Dominik Wujastyk wrote:

> Further to Richard's comments, I heard David Pingree say in  
> conversation that there might be 30 million Sanskrit manuscripts in  
> the world today, if one took into account all the MSS in private  
> collections.  Unfortunately, I never asked him how he got that  
> figure (did anyone else hear this estimate from him?).

I heard that figure from him as well.  In fact, he put it in writing  
once in a personal letter to me.  Unfortunately, I don't know where he  
got that figure from either.

Sincerely,
Toke Lindegaard Knudsen