Biography of Lala Lajpat Rai (1865-1928), eminent freedom fighter and nationalist leader from Punjab. Date of original material: 1928. Calendar/Era: Common Calendar/CE. Extent and format of original and physical characteristics: Printed book in Bengali; Brittle and damaged by the book-worms. The ...
A Dharmaśāstric text which deals with significances of lunar days i.e. tithi. As there is no colophonic information about the book and author the name of this text has been conjectured depending on the information given in the initial verses. Date of original material: Medieval period. Extent and...
Literature. Mahākāvya. The story of the Raghu dynasty. The text of this MS stops at the middle of canto 11 while there are 19 cantos in the original text. 10th canto ends in 80th folio. Extent and format of original and physical characteristics: 85 Folios; Incomplete MS.; Extremely fragile. The o...
The text deals with prāyaścitta (expiation), one of the major topics of Dharmaśāstra. The marginalia refers to the text as Prāyaścittavyavasthā. Date of original material: not known (certainly medieval or late medieval period text). Extent and format of original and physical characteristics: 8 Fo...
A Dharmaśāstric text which deals with marital laws. This book is a part of author’s encyclopaedic work, Smṛtitattva that is divided into 28 sections each of which bear the appellation Tattva. The first page is not the beginning of the text. The text actually begins in the second page. The text on...
The text deals with prāyaścitta (expiation), one of the major topics of Dharmaśāstra. 1st page is not the part of the text. It contains some list. Extent and format of original and physical characteristics: 10 Folios; Complete MS. ; Extremely fragile. The original size of the folios are 36X6 cm. ...
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 Bhīṣmaparvan of Mahābhārata. The text is divided into 18 Chapters called ‘Yoga’. The MS contains up to the 8th verse of the 13th chapter of the text. E...
A Dharmaśāstric text which deals with religious purification. This book is a part of author’s encyclopaedic work, Smṛtitattva that is divided into 28 sections each of which bear the appellation Tattva. Extent and format of original and physical characteristics: 41 Folios; It appears to be an Inco...
A Dharmaśāstric text which deals with religious purification. This book is a part of author’s encyclopaedic work, Smṛtitattva that is divided into 28 sections each of which bear the appellation Tattva. 4th folio is missing. Extent and format of original and physical characteristics: 28 (out of 40...
A Dharmaśāstric text which deals with rites which may or may not be performed in the intercalary month. This book is a part of author’s encyclopaedic work, Smṛtitattva that is divided into 28 sections each of which bear the appellation Tattva. The text contains some gloss. Possibly a kroḍapatra i...