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41. EAP790/16/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP790/16/2
Title:
On Polity
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is about politics.Its language is Nepali written with Devanagari script. This paper manuscript is OK. Folios are missing after 5. Its size is 24X11 CMs. Extent: Folios: 4
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Nepali
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
6 TIFF images

42. EAP790/17

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP790/17
Title:
Manish Shakya Collection
Scope & Content:
This collection is inherited by the present owner. This collection has Hindu text. It belongs to a Buddhist. However, the text is old and written in Newari language. This is important to understand religiosity of Shaiva Newars. It also respresents religious harmony and syncretism as as these are...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Nepali, Newari, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
331 TIFF images

43. EAP790/18

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP790/18
Title:
Saundryavati Shakya Collection
Scope & Content:
This collection belongs to a Buddhist family migrated during the early modern period from Kathmandu to Tansen in Palpa. A small Buddhist Newar community exist in this town. They did every effort to keep alive Newar Buddhist culture out of core Newar civilization. Therefore, they still possess Bu...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Nepali, Newari, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
16th century-20th century
Extent:
223 TIFF images

44. EAP790/18/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP790/18/1
Title:
Chanakya sara Samgraha
Scope & Content:
The subject of this manuscript is polity. This is the compilation of ideas of the famous ancient Indian thinker and political scientist Chanakya. The main text is in Sanskrit followed by interpretation in Nepali. Its script is Devanagari. This is in good condition. Folios after 55 are missing. I...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Nepali and Sanskrit
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
58 TIFF images

45. EAP790/19

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP790/19
Title:
Ratna Man Shakya Collection
Scope & Content:
This collection is possed by a Buddhist Newar in Kathmandu who has ancestral ties with Buddhists of Palpa and some other hilly townships. Texts in this collection are mainly ritual texts, Stotra, Sutra and Purana. Newar Buddhists still use those kinds of texts. Extent: 7 files
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Nepali, Newari, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:
361 TIFF images

46. EAP790/20

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP790/20
Title:
Vikram Subedi Collection
Scope & Content:
The present owner inherited this manuscript from his father. This manuscript is a Samhita derived from the Yajurveda. Every manuscripts may have their own stories of creation, use and survival. This manuscript has survived near end at a paper recycling plant. In the mound of paper rubbles collec...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Nepali, Newari, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
204 TIFF images

47. EAP790/21

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP790/21
Title:
Amrit Ratna Shakya Collection
Scope & Content:
This is one of the significant manuscripts in private possession. Manuscripts in this collections mostly derived from Hinduism. It also has very old Palm leaves manuscripts.It has different types of manuscripts covering wide variety of themes. Extent: 123 files
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Nepali, Newari, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
16th century-20th century
Extent:
7197 TIFF images