Sanskrit scientific libraries and their uses: Examples and problems of the early modern period

Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science

Volumn 265, Issue , 2010, Pages 81-114

  Minkowski, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early Modern Period; Family Collection; Institutional Collection; Private Collection; Vedic Ritual

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953077946     PISSN: 00680346     EISSN: 22147942     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3676-6_3     Document Type: Chapter

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