C. Sanskrit Research

23. (a) Do you consider the provision available at present for research in Sanskrit adequate (i) in Universities, (ii) in various Research Institutions, and (iii) in locally organised bodies? Have you anything particular to say with regard to the conditions obtaining in your part of the country ?

(b) Are there any privately organised Research Institutes in your part of the country? What are their, resources? What measures would you suggest for, their functioning properly and maintaining an adequate output of work and standard of research activity ?

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(c) Are you of the opinion that there should be a Research Institute for Sanskrit and allied subjects in each State? What should be the constitution, programme, and function of such regional Research Institutes ? From what sources should the expenses of such Research Institutes be met ? Do you favour Government control ?

(d) What major forms or neglected lines of Sanskrit research, according to you, need to be specially sponsored ?

(e) What, in your opinion, are the drawbacks in the methods of Sanskrit research employed in India in general and in your region in particular ?

(f) What steps would you suggest to step up the output of research ?

(g) What machinery would you propose for the proper co-ordination of the various research activities in the field of Sanskrit studies ?

(h) Is there any scope or provision available for research in Sanskrit Colleges and Pathasalas in your part of the country ? If it is not adequate, what measures would you suggest in that respect ?

24. (a) What facilities are at present available in your part of the country for the publication. of the results of research in Sanskrit, e.g., critical editions of unpublished texts or of texts already published, original treatises, interpretative works, etc.? Do you consider them adequate ?

(b) In what way and to what 'extent should the Central and State Governments subsidise the publication of such works ?

(d) Are there any important pieces of research work lying unpublished or partly published in your region? Do you know or of any undertakings of high research value which are inadequately organised or insufficiently patronised ?

25. (a) Are the Sanskrit manuscripts lying in private collections in your part of the country properly safeguarded ? What steps would you propose for making the owners of such collections and the general public aware of their importance ?

(b) Is the work of collecting Sanskrit manuscripts adequately organised in your region ?

(c) Is the condition of Sanskrit manuscripts in the manuscript libraries in your region satisfactory in respect of preservation and cataloguing ?

(d) Are the facilities for the loan, copying, and preparation of photostats and microfilms of manuscripts and for the reading of microfilms adequate in those libraries ?

26. What is the nature and extent of facilities available in the libraries in your part of the country for consultation and issue of Sanskrit books and manuscripts ?

27. What steps, in your view, need to be taken to make the results of the researches in the field of Sanskrit by modern scholars, Indian and foreign, known (i) to traditional Pandits and (ii) to the general public ?

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28. What ways and means at the national level would you suggest to help speedy publication of unpublished Sanskrit manuscripts and other Indological material preserved in museums and libraries (public and private) in foreign countries?

D. Organisation and Administration of Sanskrit Studies and Education

29. Do you think that it is necessary to set up at the Centre an All-India Board or Directorate of Sanskrit Education? It so, what, in your opinion, should be the constitution, functions, and powers of such a Board or Directorate? Do you favour the setting up of such Boards also by the different -States ?

30. (a) What should be the minimum qualifications of Sanskrit teachers in (i) Secondary Schools, (ii) Colleges, (iii) Universities, and (iv) Sanskrit Colleges and Pathasalas ?

(b) Is any pedagogical training necessary for Sanskrit teachers ? If so, for which categories of teachers mentioned above ? What should be the content and duration of such training? Should the training be given before or after employment ?

(c) Are adequately qualified Sanskrit teachers of the various categories available in sufficient numbers in your region ?

(d) What have you to say about the terms and conditions of service for Sanskrit teachers of different categories and for heads of Sanskrit Institutions ? Should they be put on the same footing as teachers of other subjects in Schools and Colleges ?

31. (a) What is the nature and extent of endowments available in your part of the country for promoting Sanskrit Education ? Have any of these endowments been diverted for purposes other than those for which they were made? Do you consider such diversion desirable?

(b) Following the taking over of the Zamindaris by Government and the merger of Princely States, have adequate steps been taken by the present-day administration in your part of the country for the continuance of the help which used to be given to Sanskrit scholars and institutions by those States and Zamindaris ?

32. (a) What principles would you recommend for grants-in-aid to be given to Sanskrit Research Institutions by the Central and State Governments ?

(b) What should be the basis of financial assistance to bona fide Sanskrit Colleges, Pathasalas, Catuspathis, and Tols by the Central and State Governments as well as by Local Bodies?

(d) What measures, such as stipends, free- studentships, free boarding and lodging, etc: are necessary to attract students to the study of Sanskrit?

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(e) Do you consider the facilities of stipends, free- studentships, etc. now available in your part of the country sufficient?

33. (a) In what way is it possible to secure uniformity of courses for and standards of the various Sastric examinations?

(b) Do you think that there should be an all-India uniformity in the nomenclature of degrees and diplomas in Sastric learning awarded by different Universities, Institutions, States, and Boards? If so, have you any suggestions to make in that behalf ?

E. Supplementary

If there are any points, not covered by the Questionnaire, on which you desire to place your views before the Commission, the Commission will greatly appreciate your expressing such views by way of a Supplement.

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