Philosophical commentary by Bhavānanda on the Tattvacintāmaṇi by Gaṅgeśa as well as sections from the Harivaṃśa. Cotton and wood pulp paper; terrible condition; unbound. 15 x 43 cm; 100 folios; board cover. Number written on manuscript by modern Bengali scholar: 1762
Five short selections related to the Yogaprakaraṇa, a treatise on yoga and asceticism, along with unidentified commentaries. Cotton and wood pulp paper; poor condition, unbound. 10 x 42 cm; 33 folios; board cover. Several texts comprise single manuscript bundle as originally found in a local priv...
Treatise on festivals along with other miscellaneous texts. Cotton and wood pulp paper; fair condition, unbound. 10 x 49 cm; 5 folios. Some other secondary works included with manuscript as originally found in a local private family library. Notes and numbers written on manuscript by modern Benga...
Discussion and description of Hindu pilgrimage centers (tīrthas), especially Ganges, Purusottama, Gāya, Kāśī, and Prayāga. Gives instructions, and associated laws (dharma) on how to perform a pilgrimage, such as worship (pūjā) and fasting (upāsa). Contains table of contents at opening (f. 1r). Co...
Manuscript is divided into three parts. Part one is kind of manual of rules (dharma) about a festival associated with the Hindu god Kṛṣṇa; Part two is a set of purifying rituals; Part 3 is an astrological almanac or personal horoscope (pañjika) for a man named Rāma Pañcanana; includes diagrams at...
This is a manual of rules (dharma) about a festival associated with the Hindu god Kṛṣṇa; part two, the Dvadaśayātrātattva, names twelve different procession festivals (yātrā), celebrated across the twelve months of the year. Cotton and wood pulp paper; moderate condition, unbound. 11 x 47 cm...
Tantric work dedicated to ways worshiping a type or group of Hindu goddesses known as yoginīs and for achieving personal well being through performing such rites. Cotton and wood pulp paper; fair condition, unbound. 7 x 43 cm; 9 folios. Scribe: Maṇikya Rāmadeva Śarmman
Manual of specific rites and their associated rules of dharma, such as widow burning (sati), offerings to ancestors, death rites (śrāddha), and many others. Cotton and wood pulp paper; poor condition, unbound. 8 x 38 cm; 106 folios (12 folios missing). Notes and numbers written on manuscript by m...
Manual that is a collection of rites and their associated rules and laws (dharma), especially those rites for overcoming mistakes and negative actions performed in daily life as well as during rituals, called prāyaścitta. Rites are especially focused on killing and include those performed for hav...
Manual of specific rites and their associated rules of dharma, such as observances during the night of Śiva (Śivaratri), birth predictions, widow burning (satī), offerings to ancestors, and many others. 5 images are missing from the digital copy: recto side for folios 3, 17, 23, 24, and 25, bu...