Collection Area: Endangered Archives Programme / Project / Collection: Private Collections of Palm-Leaf Manuscripts from the Tamil Country - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/51
Title:: āśucadīpikā - āśaucapaddhati - work on āśauca
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. This bundle contains works that deal with the topic of impurity and acts of expiation. Extent: A manuscript with 113 palm leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 25 cm x W 4 cm x H 3.5 cm. Condition of original material: Good conditio...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Malayalam, Manipravalam, and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 115 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/52
Title:: A philosophical text in Sanskrit
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. This is a philosophical text in Sanskrit. Extent: A manuscript with 111 palm leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 43 cm x W 3.2 cm x H 3.5 cm. Condition of original material: Fair condition. Author(s)/Creator(s): Unknown. Scribe(...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 113 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/53
Title:: A compilation of Vedic texts
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. This is a compilation of Vedic texts such as the Black Yajur-Veda: Hiranyakesi- / Satyasadha-Srautasutra and the Atharvaprāyaścittāni. Extent: A manuscript with 104 palm leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 35.8 cm x W 2.7 cm x H 4....
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 106 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/54
Title:: A compilation of Sanskrit verses
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. This seems like a compilation of verses from the Itihāsas, etc. Extent: A manuscript with 13 palm leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 39.5 cm x W 3 cm x H 0.8 cm. Condition of original material: Badly damaged, and fragmentary manu...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 15 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/55
Title:: Deśaporuttaṃ
Scope & Content:: This looks like a astrological treatise that sets the rules on how to make matches according to horoscopes. சோதிடம். Extent: A manuscript of palm-leaves of 19 leaves + 1 cover leaf. Size and dimensions of original material: L 37 cm x W 2.5 cm x H 5 cm. Condition of original material: The cov...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit and Tamil
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 23 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/56
Title:: A Tantric text in Sanskrit - 2
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. This seems like a Tantric text in Sanskrit. Extent: A manuscript with 174 palm leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 27.5 cm x W 2.5 cm x H 1.5 cm. Condition of original material: Fair, except for a few broken leaves. Author(s)/Cre...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 176 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/57
Title:: A Sanskrit treatise on Logic
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. This is a treatise on Logic (nyāya). Extent: A manuscript of palm-leaves of 148 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 19 cm x W 3 cm x H 6 cm. Condition of original material: Decent condition, although the edges are broken, and so a...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 150 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/58
Title:: Medical tips
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. A text with medicinal tips. மருத்துவக்குறிப்புகள். Extent: A palm-leaf manuscript with 125 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 41 cm x W 3 cm x H 4 cm. Condition of original material: Certain leaves have broken edges. Author(s)/...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 117 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/59
Title:: The Tamil Mahābārata (Villipāratam)
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. This is the Tamil version of the Mahābhārata. Extent: A palm-leaf manuscript with 596 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 42 cm x W 2.5 cm x H 15 cm. Condition of original material: Badly damaged bundle, incomplete too. Author(s)...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 598 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/60
Title:: A prayer for Śiva and medical tips
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. This is a composite bundle, an incomplete one as well. Extent: A palm-leaf manuscript with 48 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 30 cm x W 2.8 cm x H 2.5 cm. Condition of original material: Damaged bundle and a composite one. Au...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit and Tamil
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 50 TIFF images

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