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71. EAP683/1/1/62

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/62
Title:
Vivāhatatva [alternate title - Udvāhakarmmaṇastatva] [1849]
Scope & Content:
There is a chart and diagram (yantra) of a lineage of an unknown patron from his or her father's and mother's side (f. 1r-1v). The text is about the systems and rituals of marriage. Describes, to some extend the seriousness and sensitivities, among Bengali Hindus, towards caste issues in marriage...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
1849
Extent:
67 Tiff images

72. EAP683/1/1/35

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/35
Title:
Rucistava - Sana 129[?], likely 1290-1299 [1883-1892]
Scope & Content:
Text praising various Vedic deities and containing a discourse of the mythological figure Mārkaṇḍeya. The Vedic god of creation, Prajāpati, is singled out, in particular. Those who recite the work of praise (stava) will see benefits in heath of themselves and their children and grandchildren. A c...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
1883-1892
Extent:
7 Tiff images

73. EAP683/1/1/31

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/31
Title:
Lambodarāṣṭaka - Sana 1303, 18 Vaiśākha [May 1st, 1896]
Scope & Content:
Devotional text dedicated to the elephant-headed Hindu deity Gaṇeśa going by the name of Lambodara (the potbellied one); unknown commentary running above and below the root text. Cotton and wood pulp paper; poor condition, unbound. 8 x 34 cm; 5 folios with newspaper wrapper. Notes and numbers wri...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
1896
Extent:
9 Tiff images

74. EAP683/1/1/81

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/81
Title:
Mahābhārata - Sana 1197, Phālguna 15, [February 27, 1791] (f. 617v).
Scope & Content:
Complete text of this regional variant of the well known epic in Sanskrit and Bengali. Throughout the work, though rather sporadically, there are scribal doodles of animals, stylized human figures in various poses, as well as other decorative designs. The author Sañjaya is mentioned in notes acco...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali and Sanskrit
Date Range:
1791
Extent:
1248 Tiff images

75. EAP683/1/1/29

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/29
Title:
Padāṅkadūta - Sana 1244, 4th of Caitra, 12 Maghi (full moon day) [March 18th, 1888]
Scope & Content:
Poem written from the perspective of a gopī (cowherdess) who longs to be with Kṛṣṇa and encounters his footprint (padāṅka) which she treats as the messenger (dūta) of the god who will send her love and emotion to him. Cotton and wood pulp paper; fair condition, unbound. 10 x 38 cm; 24 folios and ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
1888
Extent:
50 Tiff images

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