Epic Literature. Bhīṣmaparva is one of the 18 parvas of the text. This MS contains 48 folios from the beginning. 47th and 48th folios are damaged.; Complete / Incomplete: Incomplete MS.; Place of composition: Not Known; Date of copying: Not mentioned. Extent: One Manuscript of 48 folios. Size ...
This collection belongs to Dr. Rajarshi Ghose (Kolkata, India). It is a private collection with rare books, chapbooks, pamphlets, and periodicals in Urdu, Nepali, Bangla, Sanskrit, Farsi, Hindi, Rajasthani and Bhojpuri. Dr. Rajarshi Ghose is an Assistant Professor in History at the Centre for St...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, Bhojpuri, English, Hindi, Nepali, Persian, Rajasthani, Sanskrit, and Urdu
Sanskrit and Malayalam Manuscripts from the Thrissur Monastic Complex
Scope & Content:
This collection adds up the general manuscripts collection of the Vadakke Madham Brahmaswam (B-), which is the result of the accretion, at various periods of time, of manuscripts from the four Śaṅkaran monastic institutions of the city of Thrissur (Central Kerala), as well as various other small...
An ancient work on Mīmāṃsā (Vedic hermeneutics). The bundle contains 5 books (adhyāyas) of Śabarasvāmin's (presumably) 5th-century commentary on the Mīmāṃsāsūtras, namely books 2,3,5,7 and a fragment of book 4. The manuscript thus contains approximately half of the work. The foliation is organis...
One of the rare works found in Thrissur belonging to the Southern Tantricschool of Śaivasiddhānta, predominantly active in Tamil Nadu. The work, which was presumably written in the second millennium, has not received much attention yet, and the date of its composition is not known. The bundle co...
A bundle containing two classical Sanskrit works on language. This copy of the works was hitherto unknown, and has not been used by any editors of the text. The bundle is generally very damaged. Custodial history: Former ownership is not known. Extent and format of original material: 85 leaves...
A little-known independent treatise on Advaita-Vedānta in 12 chapters (varṇakas), of uncertain date but no doubt belonging to the second millennium (see Thangaswami 1980: 437-438). The work is essentially meant as an introduction to the study of the Yogavāsiṣṭha (K. Narayanaswami Aiyar & ...
Bundle comprising an important Vedāntic text, followed by invocations. The bundle starts with one stray leaf, with a fragment of Śaṅkara's Brahmasūtrabhāṣya. Custodial history: Former ownership is not known. Extent and format of original material: 100 leaves. Physical characteristics: Size: W...