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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Archive Reference (shelfmark) EAP1023/25 Subject Customs and traditions

1. EAP1023/25

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1023/25
Title:
Janardan Khanal Collection
Scope & Content:
This is one of 28 collections of rare medieval manuscripts digitised by the EAP1023 project team in Newār settlements in Rural Kathmandu and hill areas of Nepal. This collection contain 54 manuscripts digitised from a private collection in Kirtipur, Nepal. The owner of the material is Janardan K...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
15th century-19th century
Extent:
6317 TIFF images

2. EAP1023/25/37

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1023/25/37
Title:
स्कन्द पुराण
Scope & Content:
The Skanda Purana [Skandapurāṇa] is the largest Mahapurana, a genre of eighteen Hindu religious texts. The text contains over 81,000 verses, and is part of Shaivite literature. It is titled after Skanda, a son of Shiva and Parvati, who is also known as Kartikeya. While the text is named after ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
107 TIFF images

3. EAP1023/25/41

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1023/25/41
Title:
महाभारत द्रोणपर्व
Scope & Content:
He Drona Parva in the Mahabharata [Mahābhārata] is the seventh of eighteen books of the famous Hindu epic Mahabharata [Mahābhārata]. Drona Parva traditionally has 8 sub-books and 204 chapters. But the critical edition of Drona Parva has 8 sub-books and 173 chapters. It describes the appointm...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
282 TIFF images