Subject: Rites and Ceremonies / Level: [40] File - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/1/63
Title:: Āraṇapustakam
Scope & Content:: This looks like a manual on Vedic rituals. Extent: A palm-leaf manuscript with 86 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 45 cm x W 3.5 cm x H 4.5 cm. Condition of original material: Some of the leaves are badly damaged (broken, insect bites), while a few others seem less so. Aut...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 89 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/1/68
Title:: mūṇāvatu aṣṭakam
Scope & Content:: This seems like an extract from the Saṃhitās. Extent: A palm-leaf manuscript of 106 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 42.5 cm x W 3.3 cm x H 5.5 cm. Condition of original material: Partly damaged bundle (insect bites, broken leaves) but the writing is still more or less legi...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 108 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/1/69
Title:: Prayogacandrikā
Scope & Content:: This seems to be a practice manual of the Dharmaśāstras. Extent: A palm-leaf manuscript of 95 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 39 cm x W 3.3 cm x H 5 cm. Condition of original material: Damaged leaves in general, but some are intact. This looks like a composite manuscript. ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 100 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/1/71
Title:: Gṛhyaṃ vyākhyānaṃ - Tātparyadarśanaṃ sudarśanasūrikṛtaṃ
Scope & Content:: This is a commentary on a treatise on domestic rites. Extent: A palm-leaf manuscript of 93 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 42 cm x W 2.8 cm x H 4.5 cm. Condition of original material: Partly damaged bundle (a few broken leaves). Author(s)/Creator(s): Sudarśana Sūri. Scri...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 95 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/1/83
Title:: Vaidyanāthīyasaṃgrahaṃ
Scope & Content:: This is a text of rituals. Extent: A bundle of 67 palm-leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 44.5 cm x W 4 cm x H 3.5 cm. Condition of original material: Some leaves are broken, and the manuscript seems incomplete. Author(s)/Creator(s): Unknown. Scribe(s): Unknown. Related co...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 69 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/1/84
Title:: Tulākāverī Purāṇaṃ
Scope & Content:: This Purana details the glories of the river Kaveri and extols the praises of the fruits obtained by bathing in it in the month of Tulā. Extent: Palm-leaf manuscript of 138 leaves+1 cover leaf. Size and dimensions of original material: L 41.2 Cm x W 3.6 Cm x H 6.7 Cm. Condition of original ma...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 141 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/1/85
Title:: Śrautaṃ
Scope & Content:: This text contains mantras for a Vedic sacrifice called Śrauta. Extent: Palm-leaf manuscript with 117 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L37.5cm X W5.5 cm X 4 cm. Condition of original material: Generally good, although some leaves are damaged (edges that are chopped off, a few...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 120 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/1/105
Title:: A ritual text in Sanskrit - 3
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. This is a ritual text in Sanskrit. Extent: Palm-leaf manuscript with 52 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 34.5 cm x W 3 cm x H 2.5 cm. Condition of original material: Badly damaged, incomplete bundle. Author(s)/Creator(s): Unkn...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 54 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):: EAP1294/2/8
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

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