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

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1023/18/26
Title:: गीतामहात्म्य
Scope & Content:: This is the eighteenth Chapter in the Padma Purana. It is the Glories of the Bhagavad Gita from the Padma Purana. Custodial history: Family inheritance. Extent and format of original material: Collection Level 18, Series Level: 28 files, File Level: 26 Vol of 110 folios, Item Level: Paper foli...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 111 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1023/19
Title:: Harischandra Shrestha 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 26 manuscripts digitised from a private collection in Doti, Nepal. The owner of the material is Harischandra S...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 15th century-19th century
Extent:: 648 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1023/19/6
Title:: हिमवत खण्ड
Scope & Content:: Himvat Khanda is a part of Skanda Purana [Skandapurāṇa]. Some of the notable regional texts in the Purana these are: Himavat Khaṇḍa which contains Nepalamahatmya (30 chapters, Nepal Tirtha region). Custodial history: Personal Collection. Extent and format of original material: Collection Lev...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 16th century
Extent:: 240 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1023/19/9
Title:: व्दारका महात्म्य
Scope & Content:: This text is the glorification of Dvaraka and Sri Krishna. This Mahatmya contains in the Skanda Purana [Skandapurāṇa]. Custodial history: Personal Collection. Extent and format of original material: Collection Level 19, Series Level: 26 files, File Level: 9 Vol of 61 folios, Item Level: Pape...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 62 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1023/19/20
Title:: सेतु महात्म्य
Scope & Content:: Skanda Purana [Skandapurāṇa]’s third book among the seven, Brahmakhandam, opens with a section, which is famous as Setu-Mahatmya, and dedicates this section spanning over fifty-two chapters to describing in detail, the significance of Rama Setu, its various aspects and its history throughout t...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 16th century
Extent:: 56 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1023/20
Title:: Gyankar Bajracharya 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 51 manuscripts digitised from a private collection in Bhaktapur, Nepal. The owner of the material is Gyankar B...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Kiranti and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 15th century-18th century
Extent:: 2158 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1023/20/7
Title:: शिवरात्री व्रत कथा
Scope & Content:: This is the story about Shivaratri, the holy night dedicated to Shiva to perform rituals and Puja for him. This story is recited during the observance of fasting on that day. It is a part in the Linga Purana which is one of the eighteen Mahapuranas, and a Shaivite text. The text's title 'Linga' ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 16th century
Extent:: 18 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1023/20/18
Title:: ब्रह्माण्ड पुराण
Scope & Content:: The Brahmanda Purana Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa] is a Sanskrit text and one of the eighteen major Puranas. It is among the oldest Puranas, the earliest core of the text may be from the 4th-century CE, continuously edited thereafter over time and it exists in numerous versions. The Br...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 16th century
Extent:: 369 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1023/20/19
Title:: ललिताख्यान
Scope & Content:: Lalitopakhyana is a part of the Brahmanda Purana [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa] which is written as the dialogue between Hayagreeva and Sage Agastya. “Upakhyana” literally means narrative or story. Here, when we say “Lalitopakhyana” (Lalita + Upakhyana), it means “The Great Narrative of Lalita”. It is a...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 16th century
Extent:: 108 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1023/20/28
Title:: शान्तीकाध्याय
Scope & Content:: This is a Chapter from Shiva Dharma Purana. This Purana is one of the eighteen Purana genre of Sanskrit texts in Hinduism, and part of the Shaivism literature corpus. It primarily centers around the Hindu God Shiva and Goddess Parvati. Custodial history: Personal Collection. Extent and format ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 16th century
Extent:: 10 TIFF images

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