Dear Taylor,
this is not an answer to your question, but on a related note:
Some decades ago, a colleague told me that he wondered about the many birds in a South Indian manuscript library — until he noticed that they were eating the bookworms...
“damaged by worms, rats, fire, water” — and crossed out the items that did not apply...
Cheers!
Michael
Dear Colleagues,
I once read somewhere words to the effect that the most ardent consumer of Sanskrit manuscripts was His Majesty the Bookworm. Does this ring a bell? Can anyone help me locate a reference for this?
Please reply off-list.
Thanks in advance,
McComas
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Reader in Sanskrit
College of Asia and the Pacific
The Australian National University
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