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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP729/1/2
Title:: Paper Manuscripts
Scope & Content:: Chinmaya International Foundation holds 1,270 rare paper manuscripts of which 1130 were digitised as part of EAP729. The manuscripts are concerned with different subject such as mathematics, Ayurveda, rituals, Dharmasastra, philosophy, Sanskrit grammar, Sanskrit literature, astrology, and Vedas....
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Dhundari, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 16th to 20th century
Extent:: 119003 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP880/1
Title:: Sikkim Palace Archives
Scope & Content:: While it is an archive that represents elite perspectives, the Sikkim Palace Archives, is also the first collection of local origin to be made freely and universally accessible for international scholarship, presenting a perspective of events and characters as experienced from within looking out...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Dzongkha, English, French, Hindi, Lepcha, Malayalam, Nepali, Tibetan, and Urdu
Date Range:: 1807-1998
Extent:: 89249 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP880/1/6/19
Title:: Palden Thondup Namgyal's (Chogyal r.1965-1982) state visit to India
Scope & Content:: Compilation of newspaper clippings on Palden Thondup Namgyal's (Chogyal r.1965-1982) visit to India. Original file reference: SPA/MA/PG/007. Extent of original material: 138 pages. This file contains the following 114 items: EAP880/1/6/19/1: Letter from B.B. Iyer to Palden Thondup Namgyal (Cho...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English, Kannada, and Malayalam
Date Range:: 26 Aug 1967-13 Sep 1967
Extent:: 139 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1039/1
Title:: Sanskrit and Malayalam Manuscripts from the Thrissur Monastic Complex
Scope & Content:: This collection adds up the general manuscripts collection of the Vadakke Madham Brahmaswam (B-), which is the result of the accretion, at various periods of time, of manuscripts from the four Śaṅkaran monastic institutions of the city of Thrissur (Central Kerala), as well as various other small...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Malayalam and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1600-1920
Extent:: 54 files containing 11931 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1039/1/17
Title:: അപ്പയ്യദീക്ഷിതരുടേ സിദ്ധാന്തലേശസംഗ്രഹവും പിന്നേ ചേറിയ പല ഗ്രന്ഥങ്ങളും
Scope & Content:: A bundle mainly containing Appayya Dīkṣita's work, together with an Upaniṣad and ritual instructions about Cāturmasya. We may infer from this that the manuscript may have been used by a saṃnyāsin (possibly connected to the Sāmaveda) residing in the Thrissur Madham for private study. The bundle i...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Malayalam and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1700-1850
Extent:: 191 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1039/1/18
Title:: തൃശ്ശൂർ സംസ്ക്കാര സംബന്ധിയായ സാമഗ്രികൾ അടങ്ങിയ ഗ്രന്ഥം
Scope & Content:: A very important bundle, containing a variety of texts (most of them totally unstudied) related to the Thrissur monastic traditions: hagiography, doctrine, ritual, etc. This is a unique document, which needs to be studied in its own right. The date of copy is unfortunately not known. Custodial ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Malayalam and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1700-1850
Extent:: 305 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1039/1/20
Title:: പത്തു പ്രധാനപ്പെട്ട ഉപനിഷത്തുകൾ അടങ്ങിയ ഗ്രന്ഥം
Scope & Content:: The bundle contains mainly ten Upaniṣads (generally corresponding to the list of ten classical Upaniṣads with the exception of the Bṛhadāraṇyaka), and various other Advaitic texts and ritual instructions. Such collections of Upaniṣad are fairly frequent within the Thrissur collection. The bundle...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Malayalam and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1700-1850
Extent:: 240 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1039/1/28
Title:: സമ്മിശ്രമായ അദ്വൈത സംബന്ധിയും അചാരങ്ങളുടേയും കൃതി അടങ്ങിയ ഗ്രന്ഥം
Scope & Content:: A composite bundle, containing three basic Advaita works, along with instructions for special ceremonies to be conducted by saṃnyāsins. Custodial history: Former ownership is not known. Extent and format of original material: 44 leaves, among which 5 are left blank. Physical characteristics: ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Malayalam and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1700-1850
Extent:: 93 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1039/1/32
Title:: സന്ന്യാസ സംബന്ധിയായ വിവിധ കൃതികള്
Scope & Content:: The bundle contains a large number of smaller works, generally dealing with the duties and devotion of saṃnyāsins: ritual instructions, devotional works, smaller philosophical works, etc. The copy was ordered in 1916 (Kollam 1092) by the head (Swamiyar) of the Thekke Madham. Custodial history: ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Malayalam and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1916
Extent:: 361 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1039/1/37
Title:: ആചാര കൃതികളുടേ സമ്മിശ്രമായ ഗ്രന്ഥം
Scope & Content:: A composite bundle, containing mainly instructions for the performance of a particular ceremony (Caṭaṅku) by saṃnyāsins. The bundle also includes a minor Upaniṣad and a short philosophical text by Sureśvara. Custodial history: Former ownership is not known. Extent and format of original materi...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Malayalam and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1700-1850
Extent:: 88 TIFF images

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