(BORI) Research institute founded in
1917 and named after the great scholar
R. G. Bhandarkar (1837–1925). The
Institute is devoted to the study and
preservation of traditional Indian culture, and it is respected in scholarly circles throughout the world. Its two most
important publications have been P. V.
Kane’s History of Dharmasastra and a
multivolume critical edition of the
Mahabharata, the later of the two great
Hindu epics. Aside from its publications,
the Institute is also noted for its vast collection of Sanskrit manuscripts, which
makes it one of the finest research
establishments in all of India.