Are there more surviving ancient writings in Greek or Latin?

Re:Are there more surviving ancient writings in Greek or Latin? by dr_dshiv on Sunday September 26, 2021 @06:32PM (#28665281)

There are thousands of lost palm leaf books, in Sanskrit and other South Asian languages, rotting away.

There is simply no money to support the scholarship that would preserve these works. It's incredibly sad.

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Re:Are there more surviving ancient writings in Greek or Latin? by prox on Sunday September 26, 2021 @07:13PM (#28665499)

Do you know any libraries that need financial support for archiving this body of work?

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Re:Are there more surviving ancient writings in Greek or Latin? by dr_dshiv on Monday September 27, 2021 @02:01AM (#28667529)

I know of research institutes, yes.

Sanskrit is widely taught in younger years. Funding needs to go to bright PhD students to make the field again. It's extremely conservative and territorial after so many years of hardship.

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Re:Are there more surviving ancient writings in Greek or Latin? by Goety on Sunday September 26, 2021 @11:53PM (#28666925)

I hope they get digitized before they all fall apart. Maybe they should contact google.

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Re:Are there more surviving ancient writings in Greek or Latin? by dr_dshiv on Monday September 27, 2021 @02:39AM (#28667749)

They have to be found first. They are mostly scattered in temple basements and private collections.

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