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21. EAP790/5/58

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP790/5/58
Title:
Title Unknown
Scope & Content:
The tileof this manuscript is not known. But this is about moral education. It is Sanskrit and Nepali. Its script is Devanagai. Several folios are missing in the text. This paper manuscript is in good condition. Its size is 20X9.5 CMs. Extent: Folios: 9
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Nepali and Sanskrit
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
15 TIFF images

22. EAP790/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP790/6
Title:
Chiba Guthi Collection
Scope & Content:
Newar people have a very well organised cultural behaviour. Their cultural lives has been well structured and institutionalised. Several social organisation are there in their cultural realm. Guthi or literally endowment is one among many such social and religious organisations. Each Guthi has i...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Nepali, Newari, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
171 TIFF images

23. EAP790/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP790/7
Title:
Smriti Shrestha Collection
Scope & Content:
This collection has a very interesting story. It was recovered by a student of Buddhism who after the devastating earthquake of 2015 in Nepal made survey of Buddhist Viharas in Thimi, a small medieval Newar town in Bhaktapur district. In the mound of debris of an abandoned Vihara, she saw some p...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Nepali, Newari, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
17th century-19th century
Extent:
72 TIFF images

24. EAP790/7/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP790/7/4
Title:
Ganita ko Pustak
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a handbook of mathematics. Its language is Nepali written with Devanagari. It is badly damaged manuscript. Its size is 17X21 CMs. Extent: Folios: 12
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Nepali
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
14 TIFF images

25. EAP790/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP790/8
Title:
Nir Harsha Bajracharya Collection
Scope & Content:
This collection is recovered in Banepa, an ancient Newar township east of Kathmandu valley. His collection has very rare manuscript of a traditional religious game called Chiba Kasa. It is rarely found in Nepal. Extent: 1 file
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Nepali, Newari, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
2 TIFF images

26. EAP790/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP790/9
Title:
Naresh Shakya Collection
Scope & Content:
This collector is from Patan who is an art dealer. He also has some manuscript collections containing to rituals and art. Very rare manuscripts are in this collection pthat are extremely important in Buddhist cultureal behaviour and practices. This collection has very old manuscripts. Extent: 4...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Nepali, Newari, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
17th century-19th century
Extent:
245 TIFF images

27. EAP790/10

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP790/10
Title:
Naresh Bir Shakya Collection
Scope & Content:
This collection belongs to a Buddhist who has no other manuscript except one that was inherited from his ancesters. This single manuscript is very important due to theme, existing miniatures, cover design. This manuscript remained in practical use for considerably a longer time. The finger marks...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Nepali, Newari, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
184 TIFF images

28. EAP790/11

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP790/11
Title:
Anuj Vajracharya Collection
Scope & Content:
This collection was recovered in a very small traditional town of Bungamati south of Patan. It is the home town of Bungadyo Aryavalokitesvara, a very famous deity in Newar Buddhism. The collection has miscellanous manuscripts. It has Buddhist and Hindu religious manuscripts as well as texts on a...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Nepali, Newari, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
16th century-18th century
Extent:
733 TIFF images

29. EAP790/11/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP790/11/8
Title:
Misc. Mixed Folios
Scope & Content:
These are mixed manuscript folios. No actual title can be acertained. They are in Sanskrit and Nepali languages written with either Pracalit Newari and Devanagari scripts. They are of varied sizes. Extent: Folios: 20
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Nepali and Sanskrit
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
42 TIFF images

30. EAP790/11/12

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP790/11/12
Title:
Chanakya Sara
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the ideas about ancient Indian polity. Chanakya himself has been a famous intellectual celebrity from ancient times in the Indian civilization. The ideas contained in this texts are his ideas and teachings of that contemporary socity which can equally be applied in the p...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Nepali and Sanskrit
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
83 TIFF images