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71. EAP683/1/1/71

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/71
Title:
Satyadevapāñcālī - Sana 1200 [1793]
Scope & Content:
Manuscript is a Pāñcālī, a kind of devotional poetic text associate with a particular deity (deva) which is recited during the worship (pūjā) of a deity. These are typically performed either by Hindus to the deity Nārāyaṇa or by Muslims to a representation of a saint/holy man (pīr). Cotton and wo...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
1793
Extent:
12 Tiff images

72. EAP683/1/1/72

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/72
Title:
Satyanārāyaṇa Pāñcālī
Scope & Content:
Manuscript is a Pāñcālī, a kind of devotional poetic text associate with a particular deity (deva) which is recited during the worship (pūjā) of a deity. These are typically performed either by Hindus to the deity Nārāyaṇa or by Muslims to a representation of a saint/holy man (pīr). Cotton and wo...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
24 Tiff images

73. EAP683/1/1/73

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/73
Title:
Maṅgalacaṇḍī; Satyanārāyaṇa; Śanira pāñcālī - 9 Kārtika, [12]74 Sana [24 October, 1867]
Scope & Content:
There are three texts in the genre of Pāñcālī: Maṅgalacaṇḍīpāñcālī; Satyanārāyaṇapāñcālī, Sanirapāñcālī. These texts are used to promote the veneration and devotion to a deity or, in the case of regional Islam, a saint or holy man. Typically such texts are also employed for personal benefits ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
1867
Extent:
82 Tiff images

74. EAP683/1/1/74

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/74
Title:
Satyanārāyaṇa pāñcālī - 1270 Sana 16 Srāvana [July 31, 1863]
Scope & Content:
Work dedicated to the veneration and celebration of the Hindu deity Nārāyaṇa in a manner seen widely across Bangladesh and often related to and/or parallel to Satyapīr literature, a kind of literature associated with the veneration of Muslim gurus (teachers) known as pīr. 1270 Sana 16 Srāvana (J...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
1863
Extent:
39 Tiff images

75. EAP683/1/1/75

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/75
Title:
Vaśīkaraṇādiprayogaḥ
Scope & Content:
Kind of manual that is a collection of different sacred diagrams (yantras) and instructional tantras, with details about the performance of rites, rituals, and ceremonies intended to help gain control over people and to form different kinds of relationships with friends, husbands, kings, and othe...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
11 Tiff images

76. EAP683/1/1/76

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/76
Title:
Ṣaṭcakraṭīkā
Scope & Content:
Manuscript is comprised of three texts, likely part of a family library. The first and third are commentaries about the Ṣaṭcakra, a work illuminating six centers of power located within the human body and associated with different types of meditation and Tantra; a second text is a version of th...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
67 Tiff images

77. EAP683/1/1/77

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/77
Title:
Caṇḍīpāṭhaniyamaviddhi
Scope & Content:
Instructions on how to properly read devotional texts dedicated to Caṇḍī, a popular regional goddess, important to Bengali culture. A decorative pattern is drawn on the inside of the outer bamboo cover. Cotton and wood pulp paper; poor condition, unbound. Floral design on bamboo cover. 6 x 35 ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
7 Tiff images

78. EAP683/1/1/78

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/78
Title:
Caṇḍīpāṭha vāra bhedana
Scope & Content:
Manuscript is a discussion of the different results that will occur from reciting prayers to the goddess Caṇḍī on different days. Cotton and wood pulp paper; fair condition, unbound. 8 x 30 cm; 1 folio; newspaper wrapping. Notes and numbers written in a modern Bengali hand: Kra: 4971; Ta: 474.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
3 Tiff images

79. EAP683/1/1/79

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/79
Title:
Kriyāyogasāra (Purāṇa)
Scope & Content:
Text claiming to be part of the Padmapurāṇa, but which may well have circulated first as an independent text. Through legends associated with the ancient sage Śaunaka the text presents a discussion about how some can function in the present age which is the final and darkest age with the Hindu co...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
330 Tiff images

80. EAP683/1/1/80

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/80
Title:
Mṛtavatsākavaca
Scope & Content:
Manuscript is a collection of different rites and spells (kavaca) that function as a kind of protective amulet or invasive curses and the like, usually intended to result in specific ends. Examples include: protection of stillbirth (mṛtavatsā), protection from snake venom, bewilder everyone, remo...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
7 Tiff images

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