Category Archives: JAINpedia

Digitisation & Contextualisation

                                    Project to make the Manuscripts Accessible to All                                         (Manuscript Digitisation & Contextualisation Project) The Catalogue of Jain Manuscript that has been launched is really a technical document useable mainly by the researching academicians. These catalogues are in fact very detailed indices of the individual manuscripts held in the collections they refer to. They include[…]

Heritage Lottery Grant

HERITAGE LOTTERY GRANT FOR ACCESS TO JAIN MANUSCRIPTS IN UK INSTITUTIONS March 17th, 2008 London, UK: The Institute of Jainology today announced that it has received a Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) grant of £375,000 towards the creation of an ambitious on-line multimedia resource which will illustrate Jain manuscripts and artefacts held by major UK libraries[…]