The Library of Birsingha Vidyasagar Memorial Hall Rural Library, Birsingha, Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur
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Custodial history: Established in the year of 1961 this library is a memorial house of Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar, a well known educationist and social reformer of British India. Birsingha is the birthplace of Vidyasagar. Many books are found which Vidyasagar used to read and gave a foot note on t...
Manuscripts from the Library of Birsingha Vidyasagar Memorial Hall Rural Library
Scope & Content:
Collection of manuscripts from the library of Birsingha Vidyasagar Memorial Hall Rural Library, Birsingha, Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur. Custodial history: Established in the year of 1961 this library is a memorial house of Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar, a well known educationist and social reformer of...
Based on the story of Dhruva given in the fourth canto of the Srimadbhagavata Mahapurana by Vyasa. A summary in Sanskrit of the story as narrated from Canto 4, Chapter 8, Text 6 to Canto 4, Chapter 12, Text 41. It mentions at the end the soteriological significance of the text. No other detail i...
Based on the story of Prahlada or Prahrada given the seventh canto of the Srimadbhagavata Mahapurana by Vyasa. A summary in Sanskrit of the story as narrated from Canto 7, Chapter 1, Text 1 to Canto 7, Chapter 10, Text 50. No other detail is available.; Complete/ Incomplete: Incomplete; Date of ...
Contains Canto 1, Chapter 1, Text 1 to Canto 1, Chapter 2, Text 14. There are also some relevant sections quoted from the commentary titled the Bhavartha-dipika by Sridharaswami. No other detail is available.; Complete/ Incomplete: Incomplete; Date of copying: Not Known; Place of composition: No...
The invocation (mangalacharana) includes verses in Sanskrit from the Chaitanya-charitamrta by Krishnadasa Kaviraja. Contains verses from the Srimadbhagavata Mahapurana, mostly from the first two cantos, as well as some relevant glosses from the Bhavarthadipika commentary by Sridharaswami. Toward...
Verses from the first three chapters of the fifth canto of the Srimadbhagavata Mahapurana narrating episodes related to Priyavrata and his descendants, and the geography of the Bhumandala. No other detail is available.; Complete/ Incomplete: Incomplete; Date of copying: Not Known; Place of compo...
Verses from the tenth canto of the Srimadbhagavata Mahapurana narrating episodes related to the birth of Sri Krsna. No other detail is available.; Complete/ Incomplete: Incomplete; Date of copying: Not Known; Place of composition: Not Known. Custodial history: Established in the year of 1961 th...
Verses from the seventh canto of the Srimadbhagavata Mahapurana narrating episodes related to Prahlada or Prahrada. No other detail is available.; Complete/ Incomplete: Incomplete; Date of copying: Not Known; Place of composition: Not Known. Custodial history: Established in the year of 1961 th...