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):: EAP1294/1/60
Title:: Three Sanskrit texts
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. This bundle contains different types of Sanskrit texts (literature, rituals, and more rituals). Extent: Palm-leaf manuscript with 25 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 36.2cm x W 3 cm x H 1.5 cm. Condition of original material: D...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 25 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/1/61
Title:: Stotrapāṭhaṃ
Scope & Content:: These are Vedānta Deśika's praise poems in Sanskrit. Extent: Palm-leaf manuscript with 122 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 40 cm x W 3.2 cm x H 3.5 cm. Condition of original material: Badly damaged leaves. Author(s)/Creator(s): Vedānta Deśika. Scribe(s): Unknown. Relate...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 124 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/1/62
Title:: Miscellanea
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. This bundle contains praise-poems, commentary on mantras, etc. Extent: Palm-leaf manuscript with 102 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 47.5 cm x W 2.8 cm x H 5.5 cm. Condition of original material: Damaged leaves. Author(s)/Cre...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Manipravalam, Sanskrit, and Tamil
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 104 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/1/63
Title:: Āraṇapustakam
Scope & Content:: This looks like a manual on Vedic rituals. Extent: A palm-leaf manuscript with 86 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 45 cm x W 3.5 cm x H 4.5 cm. Condition of original material: Some of the leaves are badly damaged (broken, insect bites), while a few others seem less so. Aut...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 89 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/1/64
Title:: Sanskrit texts and personal note book
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. This bundle seems to contain incomplete extracts of various unidentified Sanskrit texts, and also leaves that have served as a personal note book. Extent: A palm-leaf manuscript with 98 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 50 cm x W...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 100 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/1/65
Title:: Maṇipravāḷa Bhāṣyaṃ
Scope & Content:: This is a commentary composed in the hybrid language called Manipravala, although it's not clear what work it comments upon + medical tips appear intermittently. Extent: A palm-leaf manuscript with 200 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 40 cm x W 3.3 cm x H 5 cm. Condition of...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Manipravalam
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 202 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/1/66
Title:: Miscellanea
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. Medicinal tips, astronomy, religious poems, etc. மருத்துவக் குறிப்புகள், சோதிடம், இலக்கியங்கள் (கந்தனனுபூதி, நைடதம் ஆகியவை). Extent: A palm-leaf manuscript of 114 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 32 cm x W 3 cm x H 6 cm. Condi...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 118 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/1/67
Title:: Miscellanea
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. This bundle contains many different types of texts, including Vedāntic texts, medical tips and a retelling of the Rāmāyaṇa. Extent: A palm-leaf manuscript of 112 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 41 cm x W 3.5 cm x H 6.5 cm. Con...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Manipravalam, Sanskrit, and Tamil
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 114 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/1/68
Title:: mūṇāvatu aṣṭakam
Scope & Content:: This seems like an extract from the Saṃhitās. Extent: A palm-leaf manuscript of 106 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 42.5 cm x W 3.3 cm x H 5.5 cm. Condition of original material: Partly damaged bundle (insect bites, broken leaves) but the writing is still more or less legi...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 108 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/1/69
Title:: Prayogacandrikā
Scope & Content:: This seems to be a practice manual of the Dharmaśāstras. Extent: A palm-leaf manuscript of 95 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 39 cm x W 3.3 cm x H 5 cm. Condition of original material: Damaged leaves in general, but some are intact. This looks like a composite manuscript. ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 100 TIFF images

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