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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Project / Collection Newar medieval manuscripts Container Reference (shelfmark) EAP790/17

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP790/17/1
Title:: Svasthani Vrata Katha
Scope & Content:: This is a Hindu religious text that discuss about the female deity Sri Svasthani. It discusses about Saivite and Vaisnavite deities. The practice of the Vrata is still lively in Nepal. People observe a month long vrata practice and listenstory recitation for the period. This story is recited in ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Newari
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 298 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP790/17/2
Title:: Svasthani Vrata Katha
Scope & Content:: This manuscript is the fragment of Svasthani Vrata Katha. Most of the pages are lost. It is in sanskrit and Pracalit Newari. Its condition is good. Its size is 35X15.5 Extent: Folios: 16
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Newari
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 33 TIFF images

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