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
Work contains twelve different texts taken from a single family library and is a mixture of different genres: philosophical, ritual, devotional, poetic, astrological and more; contains, for example, a number of Vaiṣṇava devotional themes (some drawn from the Bhagavatapūrāṇa, others from devotio...
Collection of kavacas, a kind of sacred amulet in written form used in rites and rituals for preventing bad things from happening. There are about 15 different kavacas many of them drawings with protective mantras written inside along with instructions for performing rites and a list of ingredien...
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...
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...
It is a collection about local traditions of Ayurvedic medicine and drawn from a number of different texts that describe the preparation of medicine and their associated ingredients for treating different kinds of diseases. Cotton and wood pulp paper; moderate condition, unbound. 10 x 37 cm; 8 fo...
Bangla legend and poem (kāvya) about the coronation of the epic king and Hindu deity Rāma. Cotton and wood pulp paper; poor condition, unbound. 17 x 47 cm; 107 folios (25 folios missing). Notes and numbers written on manuscript by modern Bengali scholars: Kra No. 787. Author: Brāhmaṇa Bhabhānīdā...
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...
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...
