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

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1274/3/251/11
Title:: Tribal festival group dancing
Scope & Content:: This photo shows a group of men dancing inside the boundary wall made of wooden sticks, a square type boundary wall is made with bamboo sticks and flag rolls are also tied around the boundar wall, a group of tribal men dancing and playing musical instrument inside this boundary with their tradit...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Mid 20th century
Extent:: 1 TIFF image

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1274/3/251/12
Title:: Tribal festival group dancing
Scope & Content:: This photo shows a group of men dancing in the slope of mountain valley and grass field are seen in this whole ground area, this dance is performed in circle by all the men gathered in this ground, they follow each other and dance according to the music by lifting the leg and hand, the men danci...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Mid 20th century
Extent:: 1 TIFF image

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1293/1
Title:: Sluice Inscriptions from Pudukottai District, Tamil Nadu, India
Scope & Content:: Sluices with inscriptions installed in ancient irrigation tanks between 6th and 16th century CE in Tamil Nadu transformed the entire landscape of the command area of the tank and also brought wider uncultivated area under cultivation leading to comfortable food production. The sustainable food p...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 0700-1899
Extent:: 580 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/1
Title:: Kalliṭaikuṟicci collection
Scope & Content:: These bundles contain different kinds of works (theology, philosophy, poetry, medical texts, Pāninian Grammar, Śrīvaiṣṇava treatise, Śrīvaiṣṇava poetry, Dharmaśāstra, Citrakāvyam, Kāvya, Mīmāṃsā, vedic, Pramāṇa, Vyākaraṇa etc.) in Sanskrit, Tamil and Manipravala. Extent: 108 bundles of palm-lea...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Manipravalam, Sanskrit, and Tamil
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 13380 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/1/14
Title:: Bhūtāveśalakṣaṇam
Scope & Content:: Collection of various ritual texts such as the bhūtāveśalakṣaṇaṃ . Extent: Palm-leaf manuscript with 138 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 37 cm x W 2.8 cm x H 8.5 cm. Condition of original material: The leaves are in good condition but several leaves are missing. Author(s)...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 140 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/1/24
Title:: A ritual text in Sanskrit - 2
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. This is a ritual text that deals with death and other rites. Extent: A bundle of 105 palm-leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 48 cm x W 3.5 cm x H 5.7 cm. Condition of original material: Damaged condition (broken leaves with missi...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 107 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/1/41
Title:: Tarkasaṃgraha nirukti
Scope & Content:: This bundle contains a work on logic and a ritual text in Sanskrit. Extent: Palm-leaf manuscript with 39 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 39 cm x W 3.3 cm x H 2.3 cm. Condition of original material: Partly damaged, composite manuscript. Author(s)/Creator(s): Annambhaṭṭa an...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 41 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/1/60
Title:: Three Sanskrit texts
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. This bundle contains different types of Sanskrit texts (literature, rituals, and more rituals). Extent: Palm-leaf manuscript with 25 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 36.2cm x W 3 cm x H 1.5 cm. Condition of original material: D...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 25 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/1/62
Title:: Miscellanea
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. This bundle contains praise-poems, commentary on mantras, etc. Extent: Palm-leaf manuscript with 102 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 47.5 cm x W 2.8 cm x H 5.5 cm. Condition of original material: Damaged leaves. Author(s)/Cre...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Manipravalam, Sanskrit, and Tamil
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 104 TIFF images

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