Language: Sanskrit / Digitised Content Platform: Endangered Archives Programme - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

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):: EAP1294/2/2
Title:: Lineage of the Ācāryas and a ritual text
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. This is a multiple text manuscript with a work of praise on the lineage of Vaiṣṇava Ācāryas and a ritual text. Extent: This is a bundle of 44 palmleaf manuscripts. Size and dimensions of original material: L 38.5 cm x W 3 cm x H 2.2 cm. Condition...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 46 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/3
Title:: Medical tips
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. A text with medicinal tips. மூலிகை மருத்துவப் பொருட்கள். Extent: A bundle of 87 palm leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 25cm x W 3cm x H 5cm. Condition of original material: The edges are broken, and there insect-holes as well. ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit and Tamil
Date Range:: 1883
Extent:: 90 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/4
Title:: A Vaiṣnava work in Sanskrit
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. This work contains an anonymous Vaiṣṇava work in Sanskrit. Extent: A pal-leaf manuscript of 49 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 38 cm x W 3.5 cm x H 2.3 cm. Condition of original material: Badly damaged (broken leaves, holes) a...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 51 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/5
Title:: cuntiṟa kāṇṭam
Scope & Content:: One of the six cantos of the Rāmānyaṇa. வால்மீகி இராமாயணத்தின் சுந்தரகாண்டம். Extent: : A palm-leaf manuscript with 44 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 31.5 cm x W 3 cm x H 2.5 cm. Condition of original material: Fair condition. Author(s)/Creator(s): Vālmīki. Scribe(s): ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 45 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/7
Title:: Vāstu savanaṃ
Scope & Content:: This is a manual on traditional architecture. Extent: A palm-leaf manuscript with 137 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 30 cm x W 3 cm x H 7.5 cm. Condition of original material: The right side of most of the leaves are broken (and missing). It is otherwise a very neat manus...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 140 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/8
Title:: Anonymous Sanskrit prayer text
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. Since the damages are extensive, we can only surmise that this is a prayer book in Sanskrit, as the word dhīmahī is repeated multiple times. Extent: A palm-leaf manuscript with 142 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 45 cm x W 3 cm...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 144 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/9
Title:: Hālāsyamāhātmyam
Scope & Content:: This is a Śaiva Puraṇa-like work. Extent: A palm-leaf manuscript with 113 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 39.3 cm x W 3.5 cm x H 5 cm. Condition of original material: Fair, except for some broken edges. Author(s)/Creator(s): Unknown. Scribe(s): Unknown. Related countrie...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 115 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/10
Title:: Svāmi maṇḍapa pūjai
Scope & Content:: This is a ritual text that gives the procedure for some worship. Extent: A palm-leaf manuscript with 71 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 3.8 cm x W 3.3 cm x H 3.5 cm. Condition of original material: Fair condition although some leaves are slightly broken around the right ed...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 73 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/11
Title:: Vedāntic text in Sanskrit (in the Telugu script)
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. This seems like a Vedāntic text inscribed in the Telugu script. Extent: A palm-leaf manuscript with 132 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 46.5 cm x W 3.5 cm x H 3.5 cm. Condition of original material: Damaged and incomplete. Au...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 140 TIFF images

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