Nilabdhi
by Dr.Dinanath Pathy and Dr.Bhagaban Panda

The essays in commemoration of Pandit Nilamani Mishra, an eminent Scholar and Curator of Sanskrit Palmleaf manuscripts in the Orissa State Museum cover a wide range of researchers from Art to Philosophy, History of Literature, Archaeology to Anthropology and Religion to Social Sciences. Noted scholars from Orissa and outside through their specific contributions have focussed on different Cultural Studies. This volume in its totality makes a meaningful presence in the field of scholarship and offers a choice of reading material.

About the Author:

Dr. Dinnanath Pathy, a practising painter, art historian and creative writer. Research associate and co-author of Dr.Eberhard Fischer for a number of publications on Orrisan art and culture, Former Secretary of the National Academy of Art, New Delhi, presently Director of the Alice Boner Institute, Varanasi.Dr.Bhagaban Panda, Sanskrit and Oriya scholar. Worked extensively on Religion, Literature and Culture. Edited several palmleaf manuscripts including Gitagovinda and other Puranic texts. Former Editor of the Directorate of Culture Government of Orissa. Presently Secretary of Kedarnath Research Institute, Bhubaneswar.