032-004329255 / Collection Area: Endangered Archives Programme / Subject: Erotica - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1031/1
Title:: Akshyay Granthagar Library's Manuscript Collection
Scope & Content:: This collection deals with Sanskrit grammar, Smriti, cantos of the Mahabharata, dramas, the Puranas, Tantric liturgies and rituals, Gaudiya Vaishnava hagiography, theology and rituals, Shaivite liturgies and rituals, Ayurveda medicine, lexicons, aesthetics, and poetry. Taken together, 294 Sanskr...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bengali and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1316-1845
Extent:: 20156 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1031/1/157
Title:: স্মরদীপিকা
Scope & Content:: A text of erotic and romantic love. Kāmaśāstra text.; Complete / Incomplete: Complete MS.; Place of composition: Not Known; Date of copying: Not mentioned. Extent: One Manuscript of 3 folios. Size and dimensions of original material: 50 x 10 cm. Condition of original material: Extremely fragi...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 18th century-19th century
Extent:: 7 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1031/1/99
Title:: অমরুশতক
Scope & Content:: It comprised 100 verses the subject of which is mostly erotic and romantic love.; Complete / Incomplete: Complete MS.; Place of composition: Not Known; Date of copying: 1742 Ṥakābda. Extent: One Manuscript of 14 folios. Size and dimensions of original material: 43 x 9 cm. Condition of origina...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1820
Extent:: 29 tiff images

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