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

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1039/1/14
Title:: ജൈമിനീയോപനിഷത്
Scope & Content:: A hitherto unknown copy of an ancient Upaniṣad of the Sāmaveda. The manuscript is relatively modern. Divisions: 1-31v: 1st section; 32r-40v: 2nd section; 40v-61r: 3rd section; 61r-72r: 4th section. Custodial history: Former ownership is not known. Extent and format of original material: 74 lea...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1920
Extent:: 156 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1039/1/17
Title:: അപ്പയ്യദീക്ഷിതരുടേ സിദ്ധാന്തലേശസംഗ്രഹവും പിന്നേ ചേറിയ പല ഗ്രന്ഥങ്ങളും
Scope & Content:: A bundle mainly containing Appayya Dīkṣita's work, together with an Upaniṣad and ritual instructions about Cāturmasya. We may infer from this that the manuscript may have been used by a saṃnyāsin (possibly connected to the Sāmaveda) residing in the Thrissur Madham for private study. The bundle i...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Malayalam and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1700-1850
Extent:: 191 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1039/1/18
Title:: തൃശ്ശൂർ സംസ്ക്കാര സംബന്ധിയായ സാമഗ്രികൾ അടങ്ങിയ ഗ്രന്ഥം
Scope & Content:: A very important bundle, containing a variety of texts (most of them totally unstudied) related to the Thrissur monastic traditions: hagiography, doctrine, ritual, etc. This is a unique document, which needs to be studied in its own right. The date of copy is unfortunately not known. Custodial ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Malayalam and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1700-1850
Extent:: 305 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1039/1/19
Title:: അദ്വൈതകൃതികളുടേ ഗ്രന്ഥം
Scope & Content:: The bundle contains several Advaitic works, namely the popular Pañcadaśī by Vidyāraṇya, and several tracts connected to Sureśvara's Pañcīkaraṇavārttika, by famous Advaitins. We also find, at the end of the bundle, several devotional works, presumably intended for the private worship of the owner...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1700-1850
Extent:: 350 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1039/1/20
Title:: പത്തു പ്രധാനപ്പെട്ട ഉപനിഷത്തുകൾ അടങ്ങിയ ഗ്രന്ഥം
Scope & Content:: The bundle contains mainly ten Upaniṣads (generally corresponding to the list of ten classical Upaniṣads with the exception of the Bṛhadāraṇyaka), and various other Advaitic texts and ritual instructions. Such collections of Upaniṣad are fairly frequent within the Thrissur collection. The bundle...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Malayalam and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1700-1850
Extent:: 240 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1039/1/24
Title:: പൗരാണിക ഉപനിഷത്തുകള് അടങ്ങിയ ഗ്രന്ഥം
Scope & Content:: The bundle contains six Upaniṣad, belonging to the older group. Most of them are complete. This is one of the many such collections of classical Upaniṣads found in Thrissur. Custodial history: Former ownership is not known. Extent and format of original material: 125 leaves. Physical characte...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1700-1850
Extent:: 261 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1039/1/32
Title:: സന്ന്യാസ സംബന്ധിയായ വിവിധ കൃതികള്
Scope & Content:: The bundle contains a large number of smaller works, generally dealing with the duties and devotion of saṃnyāsins: ritual instructions, devotional works, smaller philosophical works, etc. The copy was ordered in 1916 (Kollam 1092) by the head (Swamiyar) of the Thekke Madham. Custodial history: ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Malayalam and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1916
Extent:: 361 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1039/1/48
Title:: ശ്രേഷ്ഠമായ ഹൈന്ദവ കൃതികളും ആചാര നിർദ്ദേശങ്ങളും അടങ്ങിയ ഗ്രന്ഥം
Scope & Content:: A composite bundle containing several classical texts of Hinduism, as well as instruction for the performance of the Vedic Agnihotra-rite. Custodial history: Former ownership is not known. Extent and format of original material: 119 leaves. Physical characteristics: Size: W 5 L 16. 2 string h...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1700-1850
Extent:: 250 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1039/1/49
Title:: ഉച്ചാരണശാസ്ത്ര സംബന്ധിയായ കൃതികളുടേ ഗ്രന്ഥം
Scope & Content:: The bundle contains a work on śikṣā (phonetics), one of the six vedāṅgas, and its anonymous commentary. Custodial history: Former ownership is not known. Extent and format of original material: 72 leaves. Physical characteristics: Size: W 3 L 11.5. 2 string holes; 2 wooden covers; 1 string (m...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1700-1850
Extent:: 147 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/1/23
Title:: Saṃhitai iraṇṭām kāṇḍaṃ
Scope & Content:: This is an extract from the Vedic saṃhitās, the second part of a collection, beginning with the Taittirīya saṃhitā. Extent: A bundle of 93 palm-leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 47.5 cm x W 3.3 cm x H 4.5 cm. Condition of original material: Fair condition except for insect b...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 95 TIFF images

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