Manuscript related to Vaisnaba philosophy.; Complete/ Incomplete: Incomplete; Place of composition: Not Known; Date of copying: 1290 [B. S.]. Custodial history: Shyamal Bera, M.A., Ph.D., live in Howrah district of West Bengal, is a private collector of endangered manuscripts, teracotta objects...
Manuscript related to Vaisnaba philosophy.; Complete/ Incomplete: Incomplete; Place of composition: Not Known; Date of copying: Not Known. Custodial history: Shyamal Bera, M.A., Ph.D., live in Howrah district of West Bengal, is a private collector of endangered manuscripts, teracotta objects, P...
Lexical text.; Complete/ Incomplete: Incomplete; Place of composition: Not Known; Date of copying: Not Known. Custodial history: Shyamal Bera, M.A., Ph.D., live in Howrah district of West Bengal, is a private collector of endangered manuscripts, teracotta objects, Pat (Scroll paintings), folk s...
The Collection from Sisir Bani Mandir Pathagar, Guptipara, Hooghly
Scope & Content:
Custodial history: One of the oldest libraries in the Hooghly district. Sisir Bani Mandir was established at Guptipara in 1917. The library has a good collection of old Sanskrit and Bengali manuscripts and some rare books in different languages. Administrative context: The CSSSC, on realising t...
This book is an account of the Maratha raid in Bengal in the middle of eighteenth century. The book give a brief idea about the state affairs in Maharashtra and also Nawab Alivardi Khan's heroic resistance against the Maratha power. Written as a campū composition, a mixed composition both in pro...
A religious text on the gospels of Chaitanya. Bidyonmodtarangini is one of the important text in Gaudiya sect of Vaisnavism. This volume is edited by Ciranjiba Bhattacaryaya. Custodial history: One of the oldest libraries in the Hooghly district. Sisir Bani Mandir was established at Guptipara i...
A textbook on Sanskrit verse. This book contained different kinds of Sanskrit verses with detailed notes, translations and explanations of each couplets in Bengali. The verses are mostly related with Krishna, the deity of the Vaisnava sect. Custodial history: One of the oldest libraries in the ...
A biography of the emperor Harshavardhana (7th century AD) by his court poet Banabhatta. This volume was edited and annotated by Isvara Candra Vidyasagara, one of the pioneers of Bengal renaissance in late nineteenth century. Written as a textbook for the students and a good example of the trans...
A book on Indian philosophy. It contain philosophical explanations of nature and ideas of devotion towards the nature. This book is a compilation of different ideas of Sankhya philosophy of ancient India. Custodial history: One of the oldest libraries in the Hooghly district. Sisir Bani Mandir ...
Bengali translation of the rules and regulations about the rituals on last rights for Hindu community. Drafted by Raghunandana Bhattacaryaya, leading figure of Hindu law. These regulations were well accepted among the larger sections of people who believed in Hindu faith. Custodial history: One...