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Scientists who worked on the Archimedes Palimpsest are using modern techniques of image digitally restored 700-year-old palm leaf Vaishnava manuscript. The project, led by PR Mukund and Roger L. Easton Jr., professors at Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, New York, will preserve digital original writings known Sarvamoola-Granth, attributed to the wise guardian Sripada Madhva (1238-1317). The collection of 36 works that contain reference to sacred texts in Sanskrit and gave an exhibition of his philosophical system (popularly known as Vedanta Dvaita to mark his departure from the old system of Sripada Sankaracharya Advaita Vedanta).

The document is difficult to handle and read the result of centuries of inappropriate storage techniques, conservation efforts and degradation due to failed improper handling. Each leaf of the original measure 26 inches long and two inches wide (66 cm x 5 cm) and is tied with braided cord passes through two holes. Heavy wooden covers sandwich the 340 palm leaves, cracked and chipped on the edges. Time and misapplication of oil have aged the palm leaves of dark brown, obscuring the Sanskrit writings.

It's literally disintegrates into dust, "says Mukund, the Gleason Professor Electrical Engineering at RIT. According to Mukund, 15 percent of the manuscript is. The book was never open again unless there is a compelling reason to do so, Mukund said, because every time they do, lose some. After that, no need to open the book.

Mukund first engaged in the project when their spiritual master from India took the issue to his attention and urged him to find a solution. This became a personal goal for Mukund, who studies and teaching Sanatan Dharma and understand the importance of preserving the document for future researchers. The accuracy of existing printed copies Sarvamoola-Granth is unknown.

Mukund experience for RIT colleague Easton, who imaged the Dead Sea and is currently working on the Archimedes Palimpsest. Easton, a professor at RIT Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, brought in Keith Knox, an imaging expert executive at Boeing LTS, as a consultant. Mukund added Ajay Pasupuleti, a doctoral candidate in microsystems at RIT, and the team has been formed.

Scientists have traveled India in December 2005 to assess the document stored in a monastery as Matha in Udupi, India. Sponsored by a grant from RIT, the team returned to the monastery in June and spent six days imaging the document using a scientific digital camera and an infrared filter to improve the contrast between the ink and the palm leaf. Images of each palm leaf, front and rear, were captured in eight to ten sections, then processed digitally stitched together.

"Image is very easy," Easton said. The leaves, or what remained were spread on a moving table. As an employee of assembly line, Pasupuleti spent hours a day to move into the distance, a small table, take a picture and then repeat the process. Each image covers a two-inch (5 cm x 5 cm) on each side of the road. Last summer was sewing all digital images 7900 – largely the work supervised by Knox, using various processing algorithms of images using Adobe Photoshop Custom Knox.

This is a very important application of the same types of tools we have used in the Palimpsest Archimedes, Easton said. This is not insignificant, was also one of the most enjoyable of my career, because the results will be of great interest to many people in India.

Processed images of Sarvamoola-Grantha be stored in a variety of media formats, including electronic, published in books and on silicon wafers for long-term preservation. Recorded in the sacred writings on silicon wafers has been from the idea of Mukund's student Pasupuleti. The process, called aluminum metallization, transfers an image to a wafer by creating a negative image and the deposition of metal on the surface of silicon. According Pasupuleti, each disk can store the image three leaves. Over a hundred of platelets should be required to store the entire manuscript. As footage of silicon wafers are resistant fire and water resistant and can be read using a magnifying glass.

Mukund Pasupuleti and again in India in late November to give printed versions and electronic-Grantha Sarvamoola the monastery in Udupi in a public ceremony in Bangalore, the largest city in the region of Karnataka. We believe we have been blessed have the opportunity, "said Mukund. It was a fantastic and profoundly spiritual experience, and we all came away clean.

Based on the success of this project, Mukund is seeking funding for another image-Dvaita Vaishnava Sampradaya manuscripts in the Udupi region written since the time of Madhva Sripada. We evaluate the existence of some 800 manuscripts on palm leaves, some of which are in private collections.

LEGEND:

Each palm leaf manuscript of the sacred, Sarvamoola-Granth, was captured in multiple sections, processed and digitally stitched together. Somewhat blurred image shows the status of an original piece of text, stitched, but not prosecuted. The image shows a clear and sewn back page after applying modern imaging technologies. The images were taken by Roger Easton, from Rochester Institute of Technology, and Keith Knox, Boeing LTS, using a scientific SENSYS digital camera and infrared filter.

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