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11. EAP683/1/1/69

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/69
Title:
Satyanārāyaṇa Pāñcālī - Sana 1275 [1868]
Scope & Content:
Manuscript is a Pāñcālī, a kind of devotional poetic text associate with a particular deity (deva) which is recited during the worship (pūjā) of a deity. These are typically performed either by Hindus to the deity Nārāyaṇa or by Muslims to a representation of a saint/holy man (pīr). Cotton and wo...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
1868
Extent:
21 Tiff images

12. EAP683/1/1/74

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/74
Title:
Satyanārāyaṇa pāñcālī - 1270 Sana 16 Srāvana [July 31, 1863]
Scope & Content:
Work dedicated to the veneration and celebration of the Hindu deity Nārāyaṇa in a manner seen widely across Bangladesh and often related to and/or parallel to Satyapīr literature, a kind of literature associated with the veneration of Muslim gurus (teachers) known as pīr. 1270 Sana 16 Srāvana (J...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
1863
Extent:
39 Tiff images

13. EAP683/1/1/73

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/73
Title:
Maṅgalacaṇḍī; Satyanārāyaṇa; Śanira pāñcālī - 9 Kārtika, [12]74 Sana [24 October, 1867]
Scope & Content:
There are three texts in the genre of Pāñcālī: Maṅgalacaṇḍīpāñcālī; Satyanārāyaṇapāñcālī, Sanirapāñcālī. These texts are used to promote the veneration and devotion to a deity or, in the case of regional Islam, a saint or holy man. Typically such texts are also employed for personal benefits ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
1867
Extent:
82 Tiff images

14. EAP683/1/1/16

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/16
Title:
Sītā uddhāra - Sana 1234, 15 Kartik [October 30 1827]
Scope & Content:
Section from Kṛttibāsa's Bengali version of the Rāmāyaṇa, the Laṇkā khaṇḍa; inspired by the original Sanskrit version. It that focuses on the figure of Sītā after the death of Rāvaṇa where she meets the demon's wife. Cotton and wood pulp paper; poor condition, unbound. 14 x 40 cm; 18 folios. Num...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
1827
Extent:
38 Tiff images.

15. EAP683/1/1/17

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/17
Title:
Jagannāthavijaya - Sana 1259, 8 Bhādra, roj robibar bela derprahar [August 23 1852]
Scope & Content:
Story about Kṛṣṇa, his brother Balarāma, and Subhadrā and how the god Jagannātha came into being and was composed of these three Hindu deities. Cotton and wood pulp paper; moderate condition, unbound. 13 x 35 cm; 30 folios. Number written on manuscript by modern Bengali scholars: 1457. Author: Dv...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
1852
Extent:
61 Tiff images

16. 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

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