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1581. EAP683/1/1/65

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/65
Title:
Praśnacakra
Scope & Content:
Sacred diagram (yantra) of a lotus flower intended for making astrological forecasts and with various names of Vaiṣṇava deities and mythological figures, especially those related to the epic the Rāmāyaṇa such as Rāma, Sītā, and the demon Rāvaṇa written into the leaves of the flower. May be asso...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
3 Tiff images

1582. EAP683/1/1/66

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/66
Title:
Tantrasāra - Śaka 1708 [1786] (f. 309v)
Scope & Content:
Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, meditation, and recitation and is one author's interpretation of what constitutes the essence (sāra) of Tantra, from a particularly Bengali perspective; has a focus on the goddess Kālī and the Śakta (female, divine energy) influence on Tantric traditio...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
1786
Extent:
609 Tiff images

1583. EAP683/1/1/70

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/70
Title:
Ayurvedokta Cikitsā Praṇālī
Scope & Content:
It is a collection about local traditions of Ayurvedic medicine and drawn from a number of different texts that describe the preparation of medicine and their associated ingredients for treating different kinds of diseases. Cotton and wood pulp paper; moderate condition, unbound. 10 x 37 cm; 8 fo...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali and Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
22 Tiff images

1584. EAP683/1/1/75

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/75
Title:
Vaśīkaraṇādiprayogaḥ
Scope & Content:
Kind of manual that is a collection of different sacred diagrams (yantras) and instructional tantras, with details about the performance of rites, rituals, and ceremonies intended to help gain control over people and to form different kinds of relationships with friends, husbands, kings, and othe...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
11 Tiff images

1585. EAP683/1/1/76

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/76
Title:
Ṣaṭcakraṭīkā
Scope & Content:
Manuscript is comprised of three texts, likely part of a family library. The first and third are commentaries about the Ṣaṭcakra, a work illuminating six centers of power located within the human body and associated with different types of meditation and Tantra; a second text is a version of th...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
67 Tiff images

1586. EAP683/1/1/77

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/77
Title:
Caṇḍīpāṭhaniyamaviddhi
Scope & Content:
Instructions on how to properly read devotional texts dedicated to Caṇḍī, a popular regional goddess, important to Bengali culture. A decorative pattern is drawn on the inside of the outer bamboo cover. Cotton and wood pulp paper; poor condition, unbound. Floral design on bamboo cover. 6 x 35 ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
7 Tiff images

1587. EAP683/1/1/78

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/78
Title:
Caṇḍīpāṭha vāra bhedana
Scope & Content:
Manuscript is a discussion of the different results that will occur from reciting prayers to the goddess Caṇḍī on different days. Cotton and wood pulp paper; fair condition, unbound. 8 x 30 cm; 1 folio; newspaper wrapping. Notes and numbers written in a modern Bengali hand: Kra: 4971; Ta: 474.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
3 Tiff images

1588. EAP683/1/1/79

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/79
Title:
Kriyāyogasāra (Purāṇa)
Scope & Content:
Text claiming to be part of the Padmapurāṇa, but which may well have circulated first as an independent text. Through legends associated with the ancient sage Śaunaka the text presents a discussion about how some can function in the present age which is the final and darkest age with the Hindu co...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
330 Tiff images

1589. EAP683/1/1/80

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/80
Title:
Mṛtavatsākavaca
Scope & Content:
Manuscript is a collection of different rites and spells (kavaca) that function as a kind of protective amulet or invasive curses and the like, usually intended to result in specific ends. Examples include: protection of stillbirth (mṛtavatsā), protection from snake venom, bewilder everyone, remo...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
7 Tiff images

1590. EAP683/1/1/81

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/81
Title:
Mahābhārata - Sana 1197, Phālguna 15, [February 27, 1791] (f. 617v).
Scope & Content:
Complete text of this regional variant of the well known epic in Sanskrit and Bengali. Throughout the work, though rather sporadically, there are scribal doodles of animals, stylized human figures in various poses, as well as other decorative designs. The author Sañjaya is mentioned in notes acco...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali and Sanskrit
Date Range:
1791
Extent:
1248 Tiff images

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