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

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP921/5/2/11
Title:: গরুড় পুরাণ
Scope & Content:: 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...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1861
Extent:: 499 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP921/5/2/12
Title:: মৎস্য পুরাণ
Scope & Content:: 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...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1000 BC-03rd century
Extent:: 731 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP921/5/2/13
Title:: স্কন্দপুরাণ, কাশী খণ্ড
Scope & Content:: 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...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 05th century-06th century
Extent:: 681 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP921/5/2/36
Title:: ভাগবত মহাপুরাণ
Scope & Content:: 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.,...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 233 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP921/5/2/89
Title:: চন্ডীমঙ্গল অথবা অভয়ামঙ্গল
Scope & Content:: 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...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bengali
Date Range:: 15th century-18th century
Extent:: 7 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP921/5/2/168
Title:: ভাগবত কৃষ্ণ কথা
Scope & Content:: 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....
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bengali
Date Range:: 14th century-17th century
Extent:: 5 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):: EAP921/6/3
Title:: Manuscripts from Sisir Bani Mandir Pathagar
Scope & Content:: 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 ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bengali and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 05th century-18th century
Extent:: 13613 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP921/6/3/26
Title:: মার্কণ্ডেয়পুরাণ-এর দেবী মাহাত্ম্য (শ্রীচন্ডী) ভাষ্য সহ
Scope & Content:: 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...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 6th century
Extent:: 135 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP945/1
Title:: Mr Upendra Bhakta Subedi's Collection of Texts on Hindu Rites and Rituals
Scope & Content:: 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...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Hindi, Nepali, Newari, and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1690-1982
Extent:: 154 files containing 7,266 TIFF images

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