Collection Area: Endangered Archives Programme / Subject: Birth - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP921/2/2/18
Title:: শ্রীমদ্ভাগবত মহাপুরাণ
Scope & Content:: Folio 1 contains a verse describing in Sanskrit the various marks or symbols on the feet of Krishna. Folio 187 contains the astrological charts of one Dharanidhar Goswami, born in 1688 Saka Era. The eleventh canto of the Srimadbhagavata Mahapurana as well as the relevant section from the Bhavart...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 6th century
Extent:: 189 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP921/2/2/28
Title:: মোহমুদ্গর (ভজ গোবিন্দম) / হরিবংশ-পুরাণ / শিবমহিম্নস্তত্রম / গৌরাঙ্গ-রূপ-চিন্তা-মানস / {হিন্দু স্নান পদ্ধতি এবং তর্পন পদ্ধতির নির্দেশাবলী} / তান্ত্রিকী সন্ধ্যা বিধি / {শিশু-প্রসূতি সংক্রান্ত জ্যোতির্বিদ্যা নীতি সম্পর্কিত নোট}
Scope & Content:: Excerpts of varying length from several texts. Mohamudgara, also known as Bhaja Govindam, is attributed to Shankaracharya and the Harivamsa-Purana to Vyasa. The Shiva-Mahimanastotra is attributed to Pushpadanta and the Gauranaga-rupa-chinta-manasa has been attributed in this manuscript to Visvan...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bengali and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 12th century-15th century
Extent:: 17 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP921/5
Title:: The private collection of Dr. Shyamal Bera at his residence in Andul, Howrah
Scope & Content:: Custodial history: Shyamal Bera, M.A., Ph.D., live in Howrah district of West Bengal, is a private collector of endangered manuscripts, teracotta objects, Pat (Scroll paintings), folk songs and folk dramas etc of Bengal. By profession he is a school teacher(retired). He is founder secretory of K...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bengali, English, Hindi, Oriya, and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1000 BC-20th century
Extent:: 21591 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP921/5/2
Title:: Manuscripts from the private collection of Dr Shyamal Bera at his residence in Andul
Scope & Content:: Collection of manuscripts from the private collection of Dr. Shyamal Bera at his residence in Andul, Howrah. Custodial history: Shyamal Bera, M.A., Ph.D., live in Howrah district of West Bengal, is a private collector of endangered manuscripts, teracotta objects, Pat (Scroll paintings), folk so...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bengali, Oriya, and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 04th century-18th century
Extent:: 12117 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP921/5/2/40
Title:: {বিভিন্ন সংক্ষিপ্ত সংস্কৃত পুঁথির বিক্ষিপ্ত ফোলিও}
Scope & Content:: Shorts texts explaining the conduct of sraddha rituals or funerary rites, conduct of rituals on sankranti or the last day of the solar month, conduct of particular rituals in particular months, expiation (prayaschitta), rituals on one’s own lunar birthday.; Complete/ Incomplete: Incomplete; Plac...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 26 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP921/5/2/41
Title:: জন্মষ্টমী-ব্রত-কথা
Scope & Content:: Short text explaining the rituals to be conducted on Krishna’s lunar birthday.; Complete/ Incomplete: Complete; Place of composition: Not Known; Date of copying: Not Known. Custodial history: Shyamal Bera, M.A., Ph.D., live in Howrah district of West Bengal, is a private collector of endangered...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 8 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP921/5/2/47
Title:: {হিন্দু অনুষ্ঠান-রীতি সম্পর্কিত পুঁথি}
Scope & Content:: Short text in Sanskrit explaining rituals related to expiation, funerary and purification rituals, rituals conducted for the nine planets and ritual conducted for the birth of a son (Putra Kamya-Yoga) also.; Complete/ Incomplete: Incomplete; Place of composition: Not Known; Date of copying: Not ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 14th century-17th century
Extent:: 10 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP921/5/2/105
Title:: বাস্তুভূষণ
Scope & Content:: This is a handwritten book with the pages stitched together. The book-manuscript contains several drawings and mathematical calculations related to the science of Vastu (Vastushastra). It also contains some astrological calculations related to child birth (most probably that of the patron and hi...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bengali and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1911
Extent:: 145 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP921/6
Title:: The Collection from Sisir Bani Mandir Pathagar, Guptipara, Hooghly
Scope & Content:: Custodial history: One of the oldest libraries in the Hooghly district. Sisir Bani Mandir was established at Guptipara in 1917. The library has a good collection of old Sanskrit and Bengali manuscripts and some rare books in different languages. Administrative context: The CSSSC, on realising t...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bengali, English, and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1500 BC-20th century
Extent:: 18276 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP921/6/2
Title:: Newspapers from Sisir Bani Mandir Pathagar
Scope & Content:: Collection of newspapers from Sisir Bani Mandir Pathagar, Guptipara, Hooghly. Custodial history: One of the oldest libraries in the Hooghly district. Sisir Bani Mandir was established at Guptipara in 1917. The library has a good collection of old Sanskrit and Bengali manuscripts and some rare b...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bengali and English
Date Range:: 1953-1972
Extent:: 330 TIFF images

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