Applicability of Paleography in Manuscriptology w.s.r to Critical Edition of Ayurvedic manuscripts

Abstract

Most of the available manuscripts especially Ayurvedic manuscripts are written in the scripts like, grantha sharada, telungu Devanagari, nevari,Tibetan etc in languages like Prākrita, Pāḷi, Saṃskṛta, Apabhraṃśa, Tamiletc .In the critical edition process the first step after collection of manuscript is the transliteration of the manuscripts available in different script into one common script. It indicates the importance of knowledge about different scripts in the critical edition of manuscripts. Objective are to study the different steps in critical edition of manuscripts and to study the importance of paleography in manuscriptology. Transliteration of the manuscript into common script is a crucial step in the edition process of manuscripts. Paleography has pivotal role in critical edition of manuscripts.