So, Patrick, if the manuscripts on Archive.org are from Osmania U., is this the manuscript you were trying to consult?
https://archive.org/details/1252YagyavalkyaSmritiManuscriptsByIAMVISIONARYTUNES
Best,
Tim
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Date: Saturday, March 16, 2024 at 10:48 AM
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Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Manuscript Collection Identification
This is amazing. I assume that the Sanskrit Academy is distinct from Osmania University. I spent three days there trying to get a manuscript of the Yājñavalkya Smṛti, without success.
The policy them was not to give more than one third of a single manuscript!! An asinine policy. The Sanskrit Academy seems to have a much more enlightened policy. But it would be good to give some metadata about each ms.
Patrick Olivelle