Five short selections related to the Yogaprakaraṇa, a treatise on yoga and asceticism, along with unidentified commentaries. Cotton and wood pulp paper; poor condition, unbound. 10 x 42 cm; 33 folios; board cover. Several texts comprise single manuscript bundle as originally found in a local priv...
Discussion and description of Hindu pilgrimage centers (tīrthas), especially Ganges, Purusottama, Gāya, Kāśī, and Prayāga. Gives instructions, and associated laws (dharma) on how to perform a pilgrimage, such as worship (pūjā) and fasting (upāsa). Contains table of contents at opening (f. 1r). Co...
Philosophical treatise titled Knowledge of the Self, a summary of Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta doctrine, typically attributed to Śaṅkarācārya, although likely written by one of his followers. Cotton and wood pulp paper; fair condition, unbound. 9 x 36 cm; 6 folios with a cover made of particle b...
Kind of philosophical treatise on devotion (bhakti) and the relationship of the human body with Kṛṣṇa and the broader universe. Cotton and wood pulp paper; fair condition, unbound. 12 x 43 cm; 1 folio; newspaper wrapping. Notes and numbers written in modern Bengali hand: Kra: 6157, Bhakti: 56.
Collection of family names and lineages, especially for local Bangladesh Brahmans who want to connect themselves to established lineages from the mytho-historical past. Such lineages give local Brahmans the authority to perform rituals, marriages, funerals, and the like. Mentions, for example, th...
Manuscript is used for study, contemplation, and recitation, and is a subsection of the Mahābhārata dealing with the 13th year of exile of the Paṇḍavas. Cotton and wood pulp paper; fair condition, unbound. 10 x 43 cm; 138 folios; hardwood cover. Notes and numbers written on manuscript by modern B...
Manual of specific rites and their associated rules of dharma, such as widow burning (sati), offerings to ancestors, death rites (śrāddha), and many others. Cotton and wood pulp paper; poor condition, unbound. 8 x 38 cm; 106 folios (12 folios missing). Notes and numbers written on manuscript by m...
Manual of specific rites and their associated rules of dharma, such as observances during the night of Śiva (Śivaratri), birth predictions, widow burning (satī), offerings to ancestors, and many others. 5 images are missing from the digital copy: recto side for folios 3, 17, 23, 24, and 25, bu...
Section of the Mahābhārata, book 10, dealing with the aftermath of the great war, wherein the Brahman turned warrior Aśvatthāman decides to attack the Paṇḍava camp and has an encounter with the Hindu deity Śiva from whom he receives great power. Cotton and wood pulp paper; poor condition, unbou...
