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

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/8
Title:: Anonymous Sanskrit prayer text
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. Since the damages are extensive, we can only surmise that this is a prayer book in Sanskrit, as the word dhīmahī is repeated multiple times. Extent: A palm-leaf manuscript with 142 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 45 cm x W 3 cm...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 144 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/10
Title:: Svāmi maṇḍapa pūjai
Scope & Content:: This is a ritual text that gives the procedure for some worship. Extent: A palm-leaf manuscript with 71 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 3.8 cm x W 3.3 cm x H 3.5 cm. Condition of original material: Fair condition although some leaves are slightly broken around the right ed...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 73 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/14
Title:: A Vaiṣṇava ritual text
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. This is a Vaiṣṇava ritual text that begins with story-telling. Extent: A palm-leaf manuscript with 59 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 39.8 cm x W 2.5 cm x H 2.8 cm. Condition of original material: Damaged and incomplete bundle...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 61 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/15
Title:: Vidhikramapustakam
Scope & Content:: This seems like a book that gives the rules and procedures for some religious rituals. Extent: A palm leaf manuscript with 238 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 37 cm x W 4 cm x H 5 cm. Condition of original material: Badly damaged manuscript, with badly broken leaves. Incom...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 240 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/16
Title:: Some mantras for a fire sacrifice
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. These are some mantras for some fire sacrifice. Extent: A pam-leaf manuscript of 16 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 35.7 cm x W 3.5 cm x H 1.5 cm. Condition of original material: Some leaves are in a fait condition, except for...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Manipravalam, Sanskrit, and Tamil
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 18 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/18
Title:: Personal accounts, a work on rites and a Sanskrit work
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. Miscellanea (accounts, temple rites etc.). Extent: A palm-leaf manuscript with 28 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 40 cm x W 3.2 cm x H 2 cm. Condition of original material: Badly damaged (Broken edges, and insect-bites) and in...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit and Tamil
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 30 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/20
Title:: Nārāyaṇabali
Scope & Content:: Manuscript on rituals concerning rituals performed as obeisance to dead ancestors, as a prayer for their souls to attain better worlds. Extent: Palm-leaf manuscript with 39 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 24 Cms x W 3.5 Cms x H2 Cms. Condition of original material: Broken ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 42 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/22
Title:: Yajurupākarmā
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. This is a vedic ritual text in Sanskrit. Extent: A bundle of 23 palm-leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 37.8 cm x W 3.9 cm x H 1.3 cm. Condition of original material: Good condition. Author(s)/Creator(s): Unknown. Scribe(s): Un...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 25 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/24
Title:: A Pāñcarātra text in Sanskrit
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. This seems to be a Pāñcarātra text in Sanskrit. Extent: A bundle of 85 palm leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 42.5 cm x W 2.8 cm x H 4.5 cm. Condition of original material: Fair condition, although some leaves are broken. Autho...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 88 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/25
Title:: A Vaikhānasa ritual text
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. This is a manual that describes the Vaikhānasa rites. Extent: A bundle of 166 palm leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 40 cm x W 2.8 cm x H 7.5 cm. Condition of original material: Fair condition. Author(s)/Creator(s): Unknown. S...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 168 TIFF images

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