I have a related question--something I have been asked, and simply have not been able to find any sort of answer. Is there a rough figure for the number of works written in Sanskrit?  In other words, if we were to visit a Sanskrit Library wherein one copy of every work written in Sanskrit had been deposited, how many books would be on the shelves?  

The parameters of this are a bit rough, since we would need to think beyond the "usual suspects," and include Buddhist texts, assorted commentaries, works written outside India (Southeast Asia?).  I also realize that what we think of as a "book" in the West is not quite the same in India (where texts often have their origins in collections based on multi-authored works).

But, given all this, might we say there are tens of thousands, or hundreds of thousands...or more, discrete works composed in Sanskrit?

Thanks for your thoughts on this.
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Herman Tull
Princeton, NJ