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French Institute of Pondicherry

Institut Français de Pondichéry

Puducherry, Puducherry, India

NAMAMI label: "French Institute". About 8,500 palm-leaf and 360 paper manuscripts and some 1,100 paper transcripts, mostly in Grantha script; the largest collection of Śaiva Siddhānta manuscripts, on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register since 2005.

Contact

Address
French Institute of Pondicherry, 11 Saint Louis Street, P.B. 33, Puducherry 605001
Website
www.ifpindia.org
Email
ifpinfo@ifpindia.org
Phone
+91 413 2231616
Access
Researchers apply to the archivist with the manuscript request form on the website; the manuscripts database is online in the IFP digital collections.
Scans
Digital images are supplied for a fee per image plus a handling charge; visitors may photograph bundles on the premises under supervision, leaving copies with the Institute. Images may not be reproduced without written permission.

Checked 2026-10-16

Catalogues (3)

  1. Three hand lists of Sanskrit manuscripts in the French Indological Institute, Pondicherry
    n.d.Unpublished
  2. French Institute of Pondicherry: digital manuscript collections
    n.d.Online
  3. Institute Francais d'Indologie catalogue descriptif manuscrits.= descriptive catalogue of manuscripts
    V. Varadacari, 1986, Pondicherry, several vols.Online

Digitised manuscripts (542, NAMAMI)

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