GUWAHATI, July 22: The Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra Society on Tuesday handed over a collection of five ancient ‘sanchipat’ manuscripts to the Rashtrapati Bhavan library for preservation and display, officials said.
During a ceremony, Kalakshetra Secretary Sudarshan Thakur handed over the manuscripts to Rashtrapati Bhavan Secretary Dipti Umashankar, they said.
The Guwahati-based Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra Society coordinated with various ‘Satras’ (Vaishnavite monasteries) across Assam to collect the ‘sanchipat’ manuscripts, an official release said.
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The manuscripts presented include the ‘Kirtan Ghosha’, composed by Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardeva. ‘Adi Dasham’ – Srimanta Sankardeva’s poetic translation based on the 10th skandha of the Bhagavata Purana – has also been donated.
‘Nam Ghoxa’ by Mahapurush Shri Shri Madhavdeva, and ‘Bhakti Ratnavali’ by the Vishnupuri monks and translated into Assamese by Mahapurush Shri Shri Madhavdeva, are also part of the manuscripts donated.
Moreover, a ‘sanchipat’ manuscript of ‘Geet Govinda’, originally composed in Sanskrit by Jayadeva and translated into Assamese by poet Kabiraj Chakravarti in the royal court of Swargadeo Rudra Singha, has also been presented to Rashtrapati Bhavan library for its preservation and display.
“It is hoped that through this significant step, the rich heritage of the Assamese language will gain a new momentum,” Thakur said. (PTI)
