Texts regarding Purana [Garuḍapurāṇa]. It has a puspika.; Complete/ Incomplete: Complete; Place of composition: Not Known; Date of copying: 1268 [B. S.]. Custodial history: Shyamal Bera, M.A., Ph.D., live in Howrah district of West Bengal, is a private collector of endangered manuscripts, te...
This text belongs to Matsyapurāṇa [Matsyapurāṇa] which is one of the 18 Mahāpurāṇas. It has puspika.; Complete/ Incomplete: Complete; Place of composition: Not Known; Date of copying: 1268 [B. S.]. Custodial history: Shyamal Bera, M.A., Ph.D., live in Howrah district of West Bengal, is a priv...
Texts regarding Purana. It has a puspika.; Complete/ Incomplete: Complete; Place of composition: Not Known; Date of copying: 1268 [B. S.]. Custodial history: Shyamal Bera, M.A., Ph.D., live in Howrah district of West Bengal, is a private collector of endangered manuscripts, teracotta objects, P...
Bhagabata Mahapurana is one of main purana amomg 18 Mahapurana. Present manuscript is 11th book (Skandas) [Skandapurāṇa] among 12. It has a puspika also.; Complete/ Incomplete: Complete; Place of composition: Not Known; Date of copying: 1727 Saka. Custodial history: Shyamal Bera, M.A., Ph.D.,...
Mangalakavya text from medieval Bengal. This especial text is about Puranic goddess Candi.; Complete/ Incomplete: Incomplete; 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...
Vaisnaba text.Bangla translation of the Bhagavat Purana (referred to as Bhagavat Krishnakatha in the manuscript: the section on Sudama’s visit to Krishna); Complete/ Incomplete: Incomplete; Place of composition: Not Known; Date of copying: Not Known. Custodial history: Shyamal Bera, M.A., Ph.D....
The Collection from Sisir Bani Mandir Pathagar, Guptipara, Hooghly
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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 of manuscripts 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 ...
মার্কণ্ডেয়পুরাণ-এর দেবী মাহাত্ম্য (শ্রীচন্ডী) ভাষ্য সহ
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Devīmāhātmya or Saptaśatī Caṇḍī is a famous puranic text and is a part of Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa. This text is devoted to the legends and eulogy of Goddess Durgā. The text contains a commentary. The manuscript is laminated. Therefore, the readings are often illegible. A later recent hand gives the co...
Mr Upendra Bhakta Subedi's Collection of Texts on Hindu Rites and Rituals
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The material is the collection of Mr Upendra Bhakta Subedi, alias Govinda Baje, 81, a descendant of an illustrious family of Rajopadhyaya Brahmins from the heart of Kathmandu Valley. The collections represent medieval texts on Shaiva Tantric rites and rituals that are distinctly pre‐modern and p...