Sunday, October 08, 2006

Scientists restored the ancient manuscript on Sanskrit

Scientists restored the 700- summer manuscript of Indian philosopher, written on palm-tree leaves, using contemporary technologies of image processing.

The group of researchers headed by the professors Mukundoy and Roger Istonom from Rochester technological university to THE USA knew how to preserve in the digital form original text, assigned to the Indian philosopher Xiii-xiv century Madvachar'i. Meeting of 36 works - these are the commentaries, written on Sanskrit, which contain philosophical reflections about the sense of life and role of god.

Text in many places ster as a result of the noncorresponding methods of storage and inappropriate processing. Restorers used a survey in the visible and infrared s-band different light filters and the specially developed program for restoring badly damaged it was text.

Mukunda began to work at this project, when its spiritual teacher of India convinced him to find the solution as to preserve ancient text. This became personal purpose for the scientist, whom it studies and teaches Hindu philosophy and understands the importance of the retention of document for the future generations. Mukunda was turned to professor Roger To istonu, which worked at the rolls of dead sea and in that moment was restored the palimpsest of Archimedes.

The work of scientists from Rochester is major step in a matter of the retention of the manuscripts on palm-tree leaves and other similar materials, which in the set are located in the khramovykh meetings in India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Shri Of lanki. Many of those recorded thus it is text not are only they are translated not into one European language, but even they are unknown to science. Because of the storage under inappropriate conditions of thousands of priceless manuscripts forever they perish. The developed technology gives hope for their restoration.

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