Date:08/10/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/10/08/stories/2007100855690600.htm

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Andhra Pradesh

200-year-old palm leaf volume found

Staff Reporter

About 115 palm leaves written in Sanskrit with Telugu script

-Photo: S. Rambabu

Invaluable: The 200-year old palm leaf ‘Sri Ramastava Ratnakaram’ preserved in Peddapuram.

Rajahmundry: A palm leaf archive of 200-years old “Sri Ramastava Ratnakaram” came to light in Peddapuram two days ago and it was handed over to Mahidhara Rama Sastry, who is heir to that ‘property’.

Archive

The editor of 75-year old ‘Praja Patrika’ Devi Sudarshan came to know about the palm leaves through Nemani Satyanarayana Sarma who preserved the archive from last five decades in his house.

He informed the matter to District Palm Leaf Archives Library survey in charge and Sarva Siksha Abhiyan APC D.N. Murthy and others.

Telugu script

All the dignitaries connected to the palm leaves archive met in Peddapuram where Nemani Satyanarayana Sarma explained the importance of the volume.

About 115 palm leaves are there in this volume and they were written in Sanskrit with Telugu script.

Slokas

These slokas were written by Sri Surya Soori, great great grand father of Mahidhara Rama Sastry during Peddapuram King Vatsavai’s time.

Satyanarayana Sarma chanted all the 115 slokas in the volume.

D.N. Murthy, after the recital, said that he will arrange for chemicals for the preservation of the palm leaves and wanted to make Compact Disc of all slokas.