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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Archive Reference (shelfmark) EAP683/1

81. EAP683/1/1/79

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/79
Title:
Kriyāyogasāra (Purāṇa)
Scope & Content:
Text claiming to be part of the Padmapurāṇa, but which may well have circulated first as an independent text. Through legends associated with the ancient sage Śaunaka the text presents a discussion about how some can function in the present age which is the final and darkest age with the Hindu co...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
330 Tiff images

82. EAP683/1/1/80

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/80
Title:
Mṛtavatsākavaca
Scope & Content:
Manuscript is a collection of different rites and spells (kavaca) that function as a kind of protective amulet or invasive curses and the like, usually intended to result in specific ends. Examples include: protection of stillbirth (mṛtavatsā), protection from snake venom, bewilder everyone, remo...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
7 Tiff images

83. EAP683/1/1/81

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/81
Title:
Mahābhārata - Sana 1197, Phālguna 15, [February 27, 1791] (f. 617v).
Scope & Content:
Complete text of this regional variant of the well known epic in Sanskrit and Bengali. Throughout the work, though rather sporadically, there are scribal doodles of animals, stylized human figures in various poses, as well as other decorative designs. The author Sañjaya is mentioned in notes acco...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali and Sanskrit
Date Range:
1791
Extent:
1248 Tiff images

84. EAP683/1/1/82

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/82
Title:
Devīmāhātmyadīpikā or Caṇḍīṭīkā.
Scope & Content:
Description and commentary on the story of the goddess Durgā, here identified with the regional deity Caṇḍī, in her war against the demon Mahiṣāsura as well as praising the greatness and describing worship that should be given to her. Cotton and wood pulp paper; fair condition, unbound. 9 x 39 cm...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
62 Tiff images

85. EAP683/1/1/83

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/83
Title:
Bhuvaneśvarīyantra
Scope & Content:
Sacred diagram (yantra) and text dedicated to the Hindu goddess Bhuvaneśvarī for use in prayer to the goddess. Cotton and wood pulp paper; terrible condition, unbound. 24 x 37 cm; 2 folios with additional modern notes; was folded into 8 x 24 cm. Notes and numbers written in modern Bengali hand: K...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
9 Tiff images

86. EAP683/1/1/84

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/84
Title:
Bhramaragītā
Scope & Content:
Devotional poetic work, the Song of the bumblebee, dedicated to the deity Kṛṣṇa. Cotton and wood pulp paper; poor condition, unbound. 13 x 38 cm; 10 folios; cotton wrapper. Notes and numbers written in a modern Bengali hand: 316. Author: Yadunanda Dāsa
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
21 Tiff images

87. EAP683/1/1/85

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/85
Title:
Yoginīsādhana
Scope & Content:
Tantric work dealing with rituals and practices associated with a category of minor Hindu goddesses known as Yoginīs. Manuscript lacks a beginning. Cotton and wood pulp paper; poor condition, unbound. 10 x 23 cm; 7 folios; cotton wrapper. Notes and numbers written in a modern Bengali hand: Kra 57...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
15 Tiff images

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