DNYANESHWARI | SHAILI

As part of the Digital Library for Indian Heritage project sponsored by the Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Govt. of India. C-DAC undertook the task of digitization and presentation of the Dnyaneshwari using multimedia technology.

C-DAC's National Multimedia Resource Centre (HCDC) has been engaged in the multimedia authoring, editing of musical recitation, text entry and integration of the contents of Dnyaneshwari for the last 3 years. Working in collaboration with & C-DAC integrated both the volumes of CD Title, which include 18 Chapters of Dnyaneshwari and Bhagvadgita. Yashodhan Publication, Alandi.

Shaili is a rich collection of computer generated designs which are inspired from the traditional Indian art forms. The CD consists of a variety of decorative Borders, Motifs, Tiles, Arches and Corners. Reusable Ornamental Components and Borders are exclusively tuned for web page designing and readymade decorative frames in A4 and A3 sizes are provided for publishing purpose. The Shaili CD consists of over 800 unique designs rendered and tuned to 6 different application file formats. A Windows based browser has been designed for previewing the collection of designs from the Shaili CD. A catalog, with colorful prints of the designs is also provided for reference.

The Shaili CD can be used for applications like Interactive Multimedia, Web Page Designing, DeskTop Publishing, 3D Modelling for Architectural / Interior Visualization, Low Cost Multimedia Album Creation, Vinyl/Corel Cutting, Printing on Ceramic Tiles, Carpets and Textile Designing. The designs are created in vector formats and can be used directly as artworks for printing purpose.