Love poetry or lyrics related to the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa and his relationship with gopīs (cow-herder girls). Cotton and wood pulp paper; fair condition, unbound. 12 x 36 cm; 2 folios. Notes and numbers written in modern Bengali hand: Kra: 6191; Bhakti: 54
Daivānandalakṣaṇa [alternate title - Rūpamañjarīpravṛtisakhīnaparicaya]
Scope & Content:
A kind of philosophical treatise wherein, marks (lakṣaṇa) or indications of divine feelings and sentiments of bliss are discussed; these signs are said to be beyond normal senses; personal senses are absorbed into the divine where there is no movement and only pure calmness; everything is the sam...
Kind of philosophical treatise on devotion (bhakti) and the relationship of the human body with Kṛṣṇa and the broader universe. Cotton and wood pulp paper; fair condition, unbound. 12 x 43 cm; 1 folio; newspaper wrapping. Notes and numbers written in modern Bengali hand: Kra: 6157, Bhakti: 56.
Work contains twelve different texts taken from a single family library and is a mixture of different genres: philosophical, ritual, devotional, poetic, astrological and more; contains, for example, a number of Vaiṣṇava devotional themes (some drawn from the Bhagavatapūrāṇa, others from devotio...
Poetic and devotional work from a Śaiva perspective addressed to the Hindu goddess Pārvatī. Cotton and wood pulp paper; fair condition, unbound. 8 x 38 cm; 16 folios. Notes and numbers written on manuscript in modern Bengali hand: Kra: 6410; bha: 390. Author: Śaṅkarācārya (attributed name)
Manuscript consists of three devotional works for use in rituals; the first, Annapūrṇāstotra (f. 1r), is a prayer to the goddess Annapūrṇā, a form of the deity Durgā; the second work, the Durgākavaca (f. 1r), is a kind of protective amulet in text form, recited during the performance of protecti...
Manuscript is a collection of various kinds of devotional works for the purpose of worship, recitation, meditation, as well as to proclaim the greatness of the goddess Kāmākhyā; takes the form of a dialogue between the Hindu deities Śiva and Durgā. Manuscript has some Arabic and an unidentified W...
Comical drama. Cotton and wood pulp paper; moderate condition, unbound. 9 x 44 cm; 17 folios, with particle board cover. Notes and numbers written in a modern Bengali hand: Kra: 111; Kāvya: 8. Author: Gopīnātha Sarasvatī
Dialogue in poetic verse between the figures Vidyā, a princess and Sundara a prince. Cotton and wood pulp paper; moderate condition, unbound. 9 x 44 cm; 10 folios, with newspaper wrapper. Notes and numbers written in a modern Bengali hand: Kra: 4875; Kāvya: 306. Author: Bhāratacandra Rāya
Dialogue in poetic verse between the figures Vidyā, a princess and Sundara a prince. Cotton and wood pulp paper; fair condition, unbound. 8 x 36 cm; 8 folios, with newspaper wrapper. Notes and numbers written in a modern Bengali hand: Kra: 4874; Kāvya: 305. Author: Bhāratacandra Rāya