The manuscript 120 (Lb2) has been digitized for ADA. M.A. Andrés has indexed it and now it is available on ADA. After a first collation, it is obvious that it is closely related to 110 (K11) and 235 (G97). There is now a list of the abbreviations used in ADA. You can find it here The manuscript Sanskrit-Yasna S1 has been digitized and is now published in ADA indexed by Leon Goldman. The manuscript Ave1001, one of oldest Iranian Videvdad Sade manuscripts, has been digitized by ADA through the kindness of Kurosh Niknam. The manuscript will be published soon in ADA by Saloume Gholami



The First Dastur Meherji Rana Library

Navsari

The First Dastur Meherji Rana Library

Kangawad, Tarota Bazar, Navsari, Gujarat, 396445, INDIA

History

The library was founded in 1874 thanks to the efforts of Ardesar Framji Moos, Cursetji Maneckji Sethna, Jamsetjee Nasserwanji Petit and Khersedjee N. Seervar. The founder of the Library was a member of the Meherji-rana family, traditionally the head of the priests in Navsari. Several Dasturs in and around Navsari, like Sorabji Framji and Dastur Rustomji Kaikobad, donated their personal collections. Later the collections of Erachji Sorabji and Edalji Navroji Meherji-rana were added. In 2001 115 manuscripts were microfilmed by V P Microdata Pvt. Ltd. with the support of the UNESCO. A list of these manuscripts is available online.

Actual Board of Trustees

• Miss. Katy K. Antia
• Mr. Jimmy M. Tata
• Mrs. Zenobia T. Pesotanjamasp
• Mrs. Vera F. Choksey

Librarian

Bharti Ghandi

Catalogues

The catalogue of this library was published by B. N. Dhabhar (1925), Descriptive catalogue of all manuscripts in the First Dastur Meherji Rana Library, Navsari, Commercial Printing Press of the Tata Publicity Corporation, Bombay.

Kotwal, Firoze, Daniel Sheffield, & Bharti Gandhi. 2008. Preliminary Descriptive List of the Manuscripts Donated to the First Dastur Meherjirana Library since 1923 pdf

Avestan Manuscripts

These are the Avestan manuscripts in this library according to the published catalogues (Other Videvdad manuscripts have also been included):

• Pahlavī Yasna: F2, F3, F11, E6, E7, T6, T8, T54, T55
• Sanskrit Yasna: T7
• Pahlavī Vīsparad: F11, F13,, F14, E11, T12, T39, T40, T57
• Pahlavī Xwardag Abastāg: F5, F6, E8, E9, E11, E27, , T1, T2, T8, T9, T10, T11, T12, T15, T51, T52, T53
• P:āzand Xwardag Abastāg: F4, F7
• Sanskrit Xwardag Abastāg: T13 (with Gujarati translation too)
• Gujarati Xwardag Abastāg: T50, U2, U5, U6, U7, U8, U9
• Xwardag Abastāg Sāde: F36, F37, E1, E2, E3, E5, T3, T37, T49
• Pahlavī Vīdēvdād: F10, F11, E10, T42, T43, T44
• Gujarati Vīdēvdād: T56
• Vīdēvdād Sāde: F55, E4, T45, T46
• Nērangestān: F21, F22, E21, E22, T5, T17, T18, T58, T59
• Pahlavi Hadoxt Nask: F12, E12
• Hadoxt Nask Sade: F55
• Aog?madaeca: F33, T15
• Vae?a Nask: F3, F8, F54, F55, E20, T34, T38, T64
• Pahlavī Vīštāsp Yašt: F12, F13
• Gujarati Vīštāsp Yašt: F15
• Vīštāsp Yašt Sāde: T41
• Afrin i Zardušt: F35, E23, T61, T64

Furthermore, we have photographed the following Videvdad manuscripts, not present in Dhabhar’s catalogue:

• Pahlavī Vīdēvdād: G25, G34
• Gujarati Vīdēvdād: G10 (copy of T56)
• Vīdēvdād Sāde: G11, G42/1, G47, G102, G103