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culture are directly and indirectly benefited through those texts available in
the Internet. In addition to these some Tantrik texts and some other rare texts
are available in the Internet. The well known Research Institutes of the
world have their own web-sites, in which their academic activities and
Research Academy, Melkole ; Indira Gandhi National Centre of Arts, New
Delhi; Rashtriya Sanskrit Samsthana, New Delhi; Central Institute of Higher
Tibetan Studies, Sarnath; Vipasana Research Centre, (Research Centre),
Igatpuri, Maharashtra; Mugdhabodha Society (Research Centre), Bombay;
C-DAC, Bombay, and other leading Institutions and Universities of India,
have developed different software as well as data packages. The major
Tantrik texts are available in the Website of Mugdhabodha Society,
Bombay. Even some rare Tantrik texts are find the place in the said website.
The foreign scholars are directly benefited by these texts which are available
in the websites. Besides, 217 (Buddhist) PÁli texts are also available in the
C.D. Rom in different International scripts, like : Roman, Devanagari, Thai,
Muyamar, Sinhalese, Khmer and Mongol. This tremendous work is
accomplished by the Vipassana Research Institute, Igatpuri. All the texts can
be easily searched for particular words and phrases with the help of powerful
search engine provided in the software, making CSCD a valuable companion
to research scholars of Pali. They have also their own website, in which
these texts are available. However, Pali texts, Tantrik texts and general
Sanskrit texts are available in the Internet for the proper use of general
readers, Sanskrit scholars, researchers and true lovers of Sanskrit and Indian
culture.
It is interesting to note that even today Astrologers and VÁstuvids are
using computers for predicting as well as calculating auspicious dates,
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“Jayatu Sanskritam”