Project / Collection: Private Collections of Palm-Leaf Manuscripts from the Tamil Country / Language: Sanskrit - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/48
Title:: A Śaiva Purāṇa in Sanskrit?
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. This looks like a Purāṇa in Sanskrit with hundreds of verses. Extent: A manuscript with 69 palm leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 42.5 cm x W 3 cm x H 3.5 cm. Condition of original material: Generally, although some leaves are d...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 71 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/49
Title:: Sanskrit mantras to various deities
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. Sanskrit mantras to various deities (name + 4th case + namaḥ format). Extent: A manuscript with 168 palm leaves . Size and dimensions of original material: L 30 cm x W 2 cm x H 8 cm. Condition of original material: Fair condition. Author(s)/Crea...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 171 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/50
Title:: Stotras in Sanskrit
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. This seems like a compilations of praise poems (stotras) in Sanskrit on various deities such as Sundareśvara and Saunadaravallī. Extent: A manuscript with 17 palm leaves . Size and dimensions of original material: L 40 cm x W 3 cm x H 2 cm. Condi...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 19 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/51
Title:: āśucadīpikā - āśaucapaddhati - work on āśauca
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. This bundle contains works that deal with the topic of impurity and acts of expiation. Extent: A manuscript with 113 palm leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 25 cm x W 4 cm x H 3.5 cm. Condition of original material: Good conditio...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Malayalam, Manipravalam, and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 115 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/52
Title:: A philosophical text in Sanskrit
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. This is a philosophical text in Sanskrit. Extent: A manuscript with 111 palm leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 43 cm x W 3.2 cm x H 3.5 cm. Condition of original material: Fair condition. Author(s)/Creator(s): Unknown. Scribe(...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 113 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/53
Title:: A compilation of Vedic texts
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. This is a compilation of Vedic texts such as the Black Yajur-Veda: Hiranyakesi- / Satyasadha-Srautasutra and the Atharvaprāyaścittāni. Extent: A manuscript with 104 palm leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 35.8 cm x W 2.7 cm x H 4....
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 106 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/54
Title:: A compilation of Sanskrit verses
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. This seems like a compilation of verses from the Itihāsas, etc. Extent: A manuscript with 13 palm leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 39.5 cm x W 3 cm x H 0.8 cm. Condition of original material: Badly damaged, and fragmentary manu...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 15 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/55
Title:: Deśaporuttaṃ
Scope & Content:: This looks like a astrological treatise that sets the rules on how to make matches according to horoscopes. சோதிடம். Extent: A manuscript of palm-leaves of 19 leaves + 1 cover leaf. Size and dimensions of original material: L 37 cm x W 2.5 cm x H 5 cm. Condition of original material: The cov...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit and Tamil
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 23 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/56
Title:: A Tantric text in Sanskrit - 2
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. This seems like a Tantric text in Sanskrit. Extent: A manuscript with 174 palm leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 27.5 cm x W 2.5 cm x H 1.5 cm. Condition of original material: Fair, except for a few broken leaves. Author(s)/Cre...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 176 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/57
Title:: A Sanskrit treatise on Logic
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. This is a treatise on Logic (nyāya). Extent: A manuscript of palm-leaves of 148 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 19 cm x W 3 cm x H 6 cm. Condition of original material: Decent condition, although the edges are broken, and so a...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 150 TIFF images

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