Selected Sanskrit MSS in the Wellcome Library

From this page it is possible to order microfilm copies of selected Sanskrit manuscripts in the Wellcome Library.

For fuller details of the manuscripts in this list, enquiries about subjects, bibliographical references, illustrations, etc., see A Handlist of the Sanskrit and Prakrit Manuscripts in the Library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, vol. 1, by Dominik Wujastyk (London, 1985), which gives brief descriptions of the 1000 manuscripts listed below. Volume 2 of the Handlist, also describing about 1000 manuscripts, was published in early 1998. Additionally see Catalogue of Jyotiṣa manuscripts in the Wellcome Library : Sankrit Astral and mathematical literature by David Pingree (Brill, 2004).

Browse list of manuscripts

A | B-C | D-J | K-P | R-Sh | Si-T | U-Y

Prices and delivery

For queries about the manuscripts that are not answered by consulting the published Handlist, or for queries regarding unlisted manuscripts, please email Dr Nikolai Serikoff ( n.serikoff@wellcome.ac.uk), Asian collections librarian.