Language: Sanskrit / Subject: Death - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1241/8
Title:: Manuscripts belonging to the private collection of the priestess Sang Mpu Istri Pramodawarddhanī
Scope & Content:: Palm-leaf manuscripts (ca. 160) containing texts in Old Javanese, Sanskrit and Balinese, on a variety of subjects (belles lettres, Balinese Hindu doctrines and rituals, mythology, etc.) belonging to the private collection of Sang Mpu Istri Pramodawarddhanī, located at the Buddhist Brahmanical ho...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Balinese, Old Javanese, and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 176 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1260/9
Title:: முத்துசாமி குருநாத குருக்கள் பாலசுப்ரமணிய குருக்கள் சேகரம்
Scope & Content:: This collection contains 14 files. It includes religious texts, birth charts and medical knowledge. Extent: 5414.0. Custodial history: The manuscript dates from the Ulaganathakurukkal era. Therefore, the age of the manuscript is 400 years. The old manuscript was written by Sellakkurukkal...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit and Tamil
Date Range:: 1700-1950
Extent:: 5414

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1260/9/11
Title:: உற்சவ பத்தி, சைவ மரண பிரேத ஸம்ஸ்கார விதி.
Scope & Content:: This material is a Tamil and Sanskrit palm-leaf manuscript titled “” from Northern Province, Sri Lanka. The manuscript was written on 5th April 1856 by Muttukkurukkaḷ ulakanātakkurukkaḷ. The manuscript is related to worship methods(pujas) and magic. It contains details about after death rituals ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit and Tamil
Date Range:: 1856
Extent:: 268

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1260/71
Title:: அருளம்பலம் மூத்ததம்பி சேகரிப்பு
Scope & Content:: There are 23 files in this collection. Mantras, mythology, and medical information are all included in the collection. Extent: 4280.0. Custodial history: Mooththathamby Arumbalam (retired teacher) is the owner of 23 bundle of manuscripts that contain astrology, nikandu, viralviduthuthu, amutha...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit and Tamil
Date Range:: 1701-1904
Extent:: 4280

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/1
Title:: Kalliṭaikuṟicci collection
Scope & Content:: These bundles contain different kinds of works (theology, philosophy, poetry, medical texts, Pāninian Grammar, Śrīvaiṣṇava treatise, Śrīvaiṣṇava poetry, Dharmaśāstra, Citrakāvyam, Kāvya, Mīmāṃsā, vedic, Pramāṇa, Vyākaraṇa etc.) in Sanskrit, Tamil and Manipravala. Extent: 108 bundles of palm-lea...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Manipravalam, Sanskrit, and Tamil
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 13380 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/1/24
Title:: A ritual text in Sanskrit - 2
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. This is a ritual text that deals with death and other rites. Extent: A bundle of 105 palm-leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 48 cm x W 3.5 cm x H 5.7 cm. Condition of original material: Damaged condition (broken leaves with missi...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 107 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2
Title:: Villiampākkam collection
Scope & Content:: These bundles contain different kinds of works (theology, philosophy, poetry, medical texts, temple rites, Śaiva praise verses, vedic etc.) in Sanskrit, Tamil and Manipravala. Extent: 78 bundles of palm-leaf manuscripts. Condition of original material: Many of the palm-leaf manuscripts that co...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Malayalam, Manipravalam, Sanskrit, and Tamil
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 7788 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/20
Title:: Nārāyaṇabali
Scope & Content:: Manuscript on rituals concerning rituals performed as obeisance to dead ancestors, as a prayer for their souls to attain better worlds. Extent: Palm-leaf manuscript with 39 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 24 Cms x W 3.5 Cms x H2 Cms. Condition of original material: Broken ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 42 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1296/2
Title:: Akshesvar Mahavihara Collection
Scope & Content:: This collection is predominantly a Buddhist collection, However, quite a few Mss are Hindu texts. This collection is one of the important Buddhist collection in Nepal. It has both 'Buddha Vachana [Sutra and Tantra]' and 'Shastra' [commentarial] texts. This collection was created after donation o...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Nepali, Newari, and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1400-1999
Extent:: 11998

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1296/2/72
Title:: दुर्गतिपरिसोधन मण्डल
Scope & Content:: This is a ritual text designed for performing after death rituals. Extent: 1 Vol. of Ms. Containing 16 folios. Condition of original material: Good. Original institution reference: Accession number given.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 16

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