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9521. Or 13921

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13921
Title:
Padmapurana (fragment)
Scope & Content:
Extract from the Padmapurana in Sanskrit written in the Newari script during the reign of Jaya Rayamalla.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
1500
Extent:
Palm leaf in pothi format, 62 folios with decorated metal boards.

9522. Or 13937

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13937
Title:
Aḍhāīdvīpa
Scope & Content:
Jain diagram of the Universe inhabited by human being with text in Sanskrit and Gujarati.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Gujarati and Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th C
Extent:
Painting on cloth. 90x90 cm.

9523. Or 13946

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13946
Title:
Pancaraksa
Scope & Content:
The Five Protections: hymns to five Buddhist female deities invoked for protection against diseases, dangerous animals and other threats to human life. Copied in Nepal Samvat 797 (1676-1677) in Kathmandu. Illustrated: 10 miniatures of the goddesses and their Dhyani -Buddhas and one full page illu...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
1676-1677 AD
Extent:
115 folios, black paper in pothi format (11.5 x 39.5 cm); 5 lines between ruled margins. Written with golden ink in Ranjana script.

9524. Or 13950

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13950
Title:
Kālikācārya-kathā (incomplete) and Kalpasūtra fragments
Scope & Content:
Kālikācārya-kathā (Sanskrit, 65 verses), incomplete and three fragments of the Kalpasūtra in Prakrit (Jain Śvetāmbara canon) with illustrations + a painted cardboard manuscript cover.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Prakrit and Sanskrit
Date Range:
17th C
Extent:
Paper poṭhi, 10 folios (7+1+1+1) + 1 cardboard manuscript cover. Illustrated.

9525. Or 16981

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16981
Title:
Laghu-Kālacakratantra
Scope & Content:
An early version of the Laghu-Kālacakratantra in Sanskrit. Colophon: “….paramopāśaka Śrī Ajitāsena likhitaṃ [.] śakābtā 11 86 ….” (fol. 120r).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Sanskrit
Date Range:
1264
Extent:
foll.120, palm leaf pothi format. 6-7 lines per folio. 4.8x29.9cm (leaf), 3.2x25.5 (written)

9526. Rubbing 62

Reference (shelfmark):
Rubbing 62
Title:
<<莫高窟六字真言碣>>拓本
Scope & Content:
Two rubbing inscriptions of the Stele of Sulaiman from the Mogao Caves. '莫高窟' (Mogao Caves) shows on the top, following a four-armed Avalokiteshvara seated in the middle. Surrounding the Boddhisattvas are 'Om mani padme hum' in Sanskrit, Tibetan, Chinese, Mongolian, Phags-pa, and Tangut. The st...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese, Mongolian, Sanskrit, Tangut, Tibetan, and Uighur
Date Range:
1348-1943
Extent:
1 box (2 folios)

9527. Seal CCV.4

Reference (shelfmark):
Seal CCV.4
Title:
Scope & Content:
CAST of a seal in Nagari characters being an invocation to Rama in doggerel Sanskrit, probably early 19th cent. Used to seal a letter written by Henry Edward Fox, afterwards 4th Baron Holland, to Eleanor, wife of John Nicholas Fazakerley, M.P., dated at Elba 5 October 1827, now Add. MS. 61937, f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
1981
Extent:
1 item

9528. Seal XXXV.196-CCIX.1

Reference (shelfmark):
Seal XXXV.196-CCIX.1
Title:
Detached Seals
Scope & Content:
Collection of detached seals which may be original impressions detached from the documents of which they once formed a part, casts of original impressions, or modern impressions from surviving matrices. Some detached seals are also to be found in the Sloane and Cotton charters collections, and t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, Latin, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
16818 items

9529. ST 393

Reference (shelfmark):
ST 393
Title:
Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society
Scope & Content:
The Transactions cover the following geographic regions: India, the Middle East (especially Arabia and the Persian Gulf), East Africa (including Zanzibar), and Japan. The subjects covered by the Transactions include the following: geography; meteorology; languages; travel and exploration; histo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, German, Kanarese, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
1836-1873
Extent:
20 volumes (approximately 6245 pages)

9530. ST 393, vol 4

Reference (shelfmark):
ST 393, vol 4
Title:
Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society, from May to August 1840. Edited by the Secretary. Volume IV.
Scope & Content:
Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society, from May to August 1840. Edited by the Secretary. Volume IV. Publication details: Calcutta: Printed at the Baptist Mission Press, 1840. Two ancient grants in Sanskrit: pages 138-141 (first sequence).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Sanskrit
Date Range:
1840
Extent:
1 volume (338 pages)

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