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The BORI Library, recently named after the legendary Dr. R. N.
Dandekar, is internationally recognized as a specialized library
in the field of Orientology. It is a home to above 1,25,000
handpicked books pertaining to all the aspects of Oriental
Studies. About 20,000 of the books are quite rare to find the
world over.
Books in over 25 Indian and European languages are housed here.
Prominent languages among them are Sanskrit, Pali, different
Prakrits, Hindi, Marathi, English, French, German, etc. The
chronological range of the books spans over the early days of
printing till date are available for the benefit of scholars.
The library was founded with a valuable personal collection of
about 2200 books donated by Sir Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar
himself. Stalwarts of the likes of P. K. Gode, A. D. Pusalkar,
S. V. Sohoni, R. N. Dandekar, P. V. Bapat and P. L. Vaidya have
donated their personal collections to the library. Volumes of
esteemed national and international journals are procured in
exchange with the Annals.
Today around 2,500 scholars and students visit the institute per
year seeking references for their graduate, post- graduate,
doctoral and post doctoral research projects.
The books are accessible to scholars at membership. Membership
Details are as follows:
|
Type of Membership |
Fee Rs. |
Caution Money (Refundable) Rs. |
Issue of books outside the library |
|
Weekly |
50:00 |
Nil |
Not available |
|
Monthly |
100:00 |
Nil |
Not available |
|
Yearly |
500:00 |
500:00 |
1 book at a time |
|
Life Membership of the Institute |
3000:00 |
Nil |
3 books at a time |
As of date books can be accessed through two types of indices
viz; Author Index and Title Index. However a complete
digitization of the Library is planned as a priority in the
immediate future. |
