What Devanagari text would you most like as an e-text

[Jonathan Silk]

I have the impression that in addition to the materials publicly or
semi-publicly available, there are also --perhaps substantial--materials
privately input, perhaps in so-called legacy systems. It might be profitable
to try to make an effort to bring such things into general circulation as
well, even if this means a certain amount of conversion is also
necessary--probably better than starting over. I have, for instance, heard
that German scholars, perhaps those associated with the Turfan project(s),
have a huge database of Buddhist Sanskrit materials, much of which is not
otherwise, as far as I know, available, but that it resides in some
dinosaur-era format... Moreover, of course, many people input things
themselves, and circulate them to their friends and colleagues; if one is
lucky enough to encounter such a person while in possession of a large hard
drive... well, there must be a more systematic way to go about this.

very best, jonathan

>
> ----------------------------------------
> > Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 14:47:26 +0200
> > From: d.wujastyk at UCL.AC.UK
> > Subject: What Devanagari text would you most like as an e-text
> > To: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk
> >
> > In the last decade or two, a substantial amount of Sanskrit literature
> has
> > become available in e-text form. Veda, Mahabharata, Ramayana, Mahabhasya,
> > Astadhyayi, Kasika, Puranas, many Tantras, dharmasastra and jyotisa
> texts,
> > Buddhist literature, much else.
> >
> > What next? What text is there in Devanagari script that hasn't been input
> > yet, and that you would dearly like to have as an e-text? I wonder if we
> > can put together a prioritized list?
> >
> > Best,
> > Dominik Wujastyk
>
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