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1531. EAP683/1/1/13

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/13
Title:
Dāyasaṃgraha
Scope & Content:
Manual that is a collection of rites and their associated rules and laws (dharma), especially those rites for overcoming mistakes and negative actions performed in daily life as well as during rituals, called prāyaścitta. Rites are especially focused on killing and include those performed for hav...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
319 Tiff images

1532. EAP683/1/1/14

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/14
Title:
Vyavasthāsārasaṃgraha
Scope & Content:
Manual of specific rites and their associated rules of dharma, such as observances during the night of Śiva (Śivaratri), birth predictions, widow burning (satī), offerings to ancestors, and many others. 5 images are missing from the digital copy: recto side for folios 3, 17, 23, 24, and 25, bu...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
211 Tiff images

1533. EAP683/1/1/15

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/15
Title:
Sauptikaparvan
Scope & Content:
Section of the Mahābhārata, book 10, dealing with the aftermath of the great war, wherein the Brahman turned warrior Aśvatthāman decides to attack the Paṇḍava camp and has an encounter with the Hindu deity Śiva from whom he receives great power. Cotton and wood pulp paper; poor condition, unbou...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
9 Tiff images.

1534. EAP683/1/1/18

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/18
Title:
Kavacasaṃgraha
Scope & Content:
Collection of kavacas, a kind of sacred amulet in written form used in rites and rituals for preventing bad things from happening. There are about 15 different kavacas many of them drawings with protective mantras written inside along with instructions for performing rites and a list of ingredien...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali and Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
4 Tiff images

1535. EAP683/1/1/19

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/19
Title:
Dolayātrātattva
Scope & Content:
Manual of rules (dharma) about a festival associated with the Hindu god Kṛṣṇa. Cotton and wood pulp paper; moderate condition, unbound. 10 x 22 cm; 4 folios. Notes and numbers written on manuscript by modern Bengali scholars: no. Kra: 1818; Vi: 293. Author: Raghunandana Bhaṭṭācārya
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
9 Tiff images.

1536. EAP683/1/1/20

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/20
Title:
Citrabandhakāvya
Scope & Content:
Picture poems include drawings of a horse, the demon Rāvaṇa, peacock, elephant, a sword, a fish, and a chariot. The poems are written beside the drawings and then rewritten as a kind of word puzzle inside of the drawing. Manuscript is badly damaged by rats. Cotton and wood pulp paper; poor cond...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
11 Tiff images

1537. EAP683/1/1/21

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/21
Title:
Vidagdhamukhamaṇḍaṇa
Scope & Content:
A Kind of Sanskrit poem (kāvya), in which the verses (ślokas) are not interrelated, and each one has two meanings, like a kind of poetic riddle. Verses explore themes from the Mahābhārata and other mythology. Cotton and wood pulp paper; fair condition, unbound. 8 x 35; 8 folios. Notes and numbers...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
17 Tiff images

1538. EAP683/1/1/22

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/22
Title:
Vidagdhamukhamaṇḍaṇa
Scope & Content:
A Kind of Sanskrit poem (kāvya), in which the verses (ślokas) are not interrelated, and each one has two meanings, like a kind of poetic riddle. Verses explore themes from the Mahābhārata and other mythology. Unknown commentary notes are written in the margins to aid in discerning the hidden mean...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
15 Tiff images

1539. EAP683/1/1/23

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/23
Title:
Vidagdhamukhamaṇḍaṇa
Scope & Content:
A Kind of Sanskrit poem (kāvya), in which the verses (ślokas) are not interrelated, and each one has two meanings, like a kind of poetic riddle. Verses explore themes from the Mahābhārata and other mythology. Cotton and wood pulp paper; poor condition, unbound. 9 x 39 cm; 6 folios. Notes and numb...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
13 Tiff images

1540. EAP683/1/1/24

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/24
Title:
Vidyāsundarakāvya
Scope & Content:
Dialogue in poetic verse between the figures Vidyā, a princess and Sundara a prince. Manuscript contains only a small section of Bhāratacandra's larger poem. Cotton and wood pulp paper; moderate condition, unbound. 8 x 42 cm; 2 folios. Notes and numbers written on manuscript by modern Bengali sch...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
5 Tiff images

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