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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP921/6/2/54
Title:: চুঁচুড়া বার্ত্তাবহ: বর্ষ-৮০; সংখ্যা-১০ {১৫ ডিসেম্বর ১৯৭২}
Scope & Content:: Cuncura Bartabaha was one of the oldest newspapers in the Hooghly district. It started on October 1893 and continued till 1970s. Apart from news items the issues of the newspaper contained advertisements, legal notices, tenders, short stories, poems etc. Some issues are bi-lingual. Custodial hi...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bengali
Date Range:: 15 Dec 1972
Extent:: 6 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP921/6/3/2
Title:: আনন্দলহরী
Scope & Content:: This is a famous literary work in hundred and three verses eulogizing the beauty, grace and munificence of Goddess Śakti.; Complete/ Incomplete: Complete MS.; Date of copying: Not mentioned. Custodial history: One of the oldest libraries in the Hooghly district. Sisir Bani Mandir was establishe...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 8th century
Extent:: 42 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP921/6/3/7
Title:: ভগবৎগীতা
Scope & Content:: Epic literature. One of the most important scriptures of India. This text can be related to philosophy, spirituality, ethics etc. It is a part of Bhiṣmaparvan of Mahābhārata. The text is divided into 18 Chapters called ‘Yoga’. Many folios are highly damaged and torn.; Complete/ Incomplete: Compl...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 0200 BC-05th century
Extent:: 119 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP921/6/3/14
Title:: মহাভারতের বিরাটপর্ব
Scope & Content:: Epic literature. This manuscript consists of only a tiny part from the Virāṭaparvan.; Complete/ Incomplete: Complete; Date of copying: Śaka 1737 (=1815 CE). Custodial history: One of the oldest libraries in the Hooghly district. Sisir Bani Mandir was established at Guptipara in 1917. The librar...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: before 0400
Extent:: 241 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP921/6/3/34
Title:: অনর্ঘরাঘব
Scope & Content:: It is a Sanskrit drama based on Rāmāyaṇa. The first folio is not a part of this text. It is a stray folio that consists of the following text: majjya(?)mṛte vā prājāpatyaṃ tatra dhenur ekā kṣaiṇyajñāne tu rodhane cāndrāyaṇasya pādaḥ | tatra dve dhenū | bandhane dvipādas tatra catasro dhenavaḥ | ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 08th century-09th century
Extent:: 227 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP921/6/3/36
Title:: শাতাতপিয় কর্মবিপাক
Scope & Content:: Śātātapīya Karmavipāka is a dharmaśāstra text attributed to Śātātapa, divided into 6 chapters. Karmavipāka literally means the fruition of one’s evil actions. The text tries to establish the importance of expiation through various stories. The first folio is not a part of this text. It contains ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: before 1100
Extent:: 35 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP921/6/3/98
Title:: অধ্যাত্মরামায়ণ
Scope & Content:: This text extols the spiritual virtues of the story of Rāmāyaṇa. It comprises around 4200 double verses embedded in the latter portion of Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa. Taking the form of a dialogue between Śiva and Pārvatī, it contains the ideal characteristics of Lord Rama and the precepts related to devot...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 14th century
Extent:: 43 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP921/6/3/107
Title:: অধ্যাত্মরামায়ণ
Scope & Content:: This text extols the spiritual virtues of the story of Rāmāyaṇa. It comprises around 4200 double verses embedded in the latter portion of Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa. Taking the form of a dialogue between Śiva and Pārvatī, it contains the ideal characteristics of Lord Rama and the precepts related to devot...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 14th century
Extent:: 305 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP921/6/3/110
Title:: নৈষধীয়চরিত
Scope & Content:: It is a famous Sanskrit poetry / Mahākāvya about the story of Nala, the king of Niṣadha and Damayantī, the princess of Vidarbha. The Pūrvabhāga contains the text up to 11th canto; Complete / Incomplete: Complete MS; Place of composition: Kannauj (Some scholars claim he is originally from Bengal)...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 12th century
Extent:: 255 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP921/7/2/88
Title:: সবুজ পত্র: বর্ষ-৭; সংখ্যা-১-৪, ৬, ৮, ১১, ১২ {১৩২৭ {বঙ্গাব্দ} ১৯২০}
Scope & Content:: Sabujpatra was first published on 25th Baishakh 1321 BS (1914) and edited by Pramatha Chaudhuri. Rabindranath Tagore inspired him to publish such a journal. Though short-lived, Sabujpatra was a major force in shaping Bangla language and literary style for the post-First World War generation. Pra...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bengali
Date Range:: 1920
Extent:: 499 TIFF images

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