File:Skanda Purana, Sanskrit, miniature Grantha script, Whish manuscript collection, acquired 1829 CE.jpg
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English: The Skanda Purana is one of 18 major Puranas of Hinduism. This text, like numerous Hindu texts, exists in Sanskrit language but one of many Indic scripts.
This is a leaf from a palm leaf manuscript book, held together by a thin rope (seen going up in the photo). Language: Sanskrit Script: Grantha (Tamil Nadu) The photo above is of a 2D pages of a manuscript that was copied before the 18th-century of a text that is over 1,000 years old. Therefore Wikimedia Commons PD-Art licensing guidelines apply. Any rights I have as a photographer is herewith donated to wikimedia commons under CC 4.0 license. |
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