Oriental Research Institute
Sri Venkateswara Oriental Research Institute was started in July 1939 by the management of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams with a view that it should be a first-rate research and training centre with appropriate divisions for the study of Sanskrit and other languages of the Hindu religion and philosophy and of Hindu culture generally.
Under the management of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, the Oriental Research Institute published 16 volumes of the Oriental Journal and about 64 books in Sanskrit (20), English (8), Telugu (19) Tamil (17) under the Sri Venkateswara Oriental Series, Sri Venkateswara Oriental Institute Studies and Sri Visistadvaita Sampradaya Granthamala. They covered the areas of Kosa, Dharmasastra, Vyakarana, scientific literature like Mathematics, Saiva, Vaikhamala and Pancaratra Agamas, Vedanta, Kavya, Stotra and Psychology.
The Bharatakosa by M.R. Kavi and the History of Sanskrit Literature by M. Krishnamachariar published by this institute have become indispensable basic tools of research in Sanskrit literature and literacy criticism. The Tenth All India Oriental Conference in 1940 and the Fourth Session of Sanskrit Vishva Parish at in 1955 were held in Tirupati under the auspices of the institute. It is a designated 'Manuscript Conservation Centre' (MCC) under the National Mission for Manuscripts.
The library of the institute contains 16,948 manuscripts and 42,000 printed books. Each book in the is purchased selectively on consideration of its utility in the research activities of the institute covering all the fields of Indian tradition.
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