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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/31
Title:: A Sanskrit manual of rites
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. This seems to be a manual that gives the mantras for some rite or worship. Extent: A manuscript bundle of 176 palm leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 39 cm x W 3 cm x H 4 cm. Condition of original material: Badly damaged manuscri...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 178 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/32
Title:: Stotrapāṭham
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains many praise-poems with verses of eulogy on various deities and preceptors by śrīvaiṣṇava ācāryas such as āḷavantār, Veṅkatanātha, and so forth. Extent: Palm-leaf manuscript with 216 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 28.7 cm x W 4.3 Cm x H 23.4 Cm. Co...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit and Tamil
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 112 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/33
Title:: Stotrapāṭhaṃ
Scope & Content:: This bundle contains the text of a few praise poems, and possibly the birth charts (horoscope) of a few people. Extent: A palm-leaf manuscript of 27 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 45 cm x W 42.5 Cm x H 2.5 Cm. Condition of original material: This seems like a composite ma...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit and Tamil
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 33 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/34
Title:: A manual on śaiva temple rituals ending with a leaf containing verses from śivamānasapūjā
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. A manual on śaiva temple rituals ending with a leaf containing verses from śivamānasapūjā; manualoncerning rituals performed in śaiva temples such as dhvajārohaṇa pūjā etc. Extent: Palm-leaf manuscript with 48 leaves. Size and dimensions of origin...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 27 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/35
Title:: Rāmāyaṇa - Ayodhyākāṇḍa
Scope & Content:: This is a fragment of the 5th canto of Vālmīki's Rāmāyaṇa. Extent: This is an incomplete manuscript with 54 palm-leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 29.8 Cm x W 3.2 Cm x H 1.3 Cm. Condition of original material: The beginning and end of the manusript are missing, and the leave...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 56 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/36
Title:: mantira cāsttiram
Scope & Content:: The methods of using mantras and their kinds are described. மந்திரம் செய்யும் முறைகள் விளக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன. Extent: Palm-leaf bundle with 21 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 30 cm x W 2.5 cm x H 1.5 cm. Condition of original material: The left side edges in all the leaves are...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 24 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/37
Title:: Medical tips
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. A text with medicinal tips. மருத்துவக் குறிப்புகள். Extent: 1 bundle of 29 palm leaf manuscripts. Size and dimensions of original material: L 15cm x W 2.4cm x H 1.5cm. Condition of original material: The right half of all the leaves seem to be b...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit and Tamil
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 32 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/38
Title:: A ritual text in Sanskrit - 5
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. This is an unidientified ritual text in Sanskrit. Extent: A palm-leaf manuscript with 292 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 43 cm x W 3.5 cm x H 7.5 cm. Condition of original material: Slightly damaged bundle (probably composite...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 294 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/39
Title:: Medical tips
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. A text with medicinal tips. மருத்துவக் குறிப்புகள். Extent: A palm-leaf manuscript with 122 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 19cm x W 3cm x H 6 cm. Condition of original material: A lot of leaves are broken. Author(s)/Creator...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 58 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/40
Title:: A ritual text in Sanskrit - 6
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. This is a ritual text in Sanskrit. Extent: A palm-leaf manuscript with 33 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 38.5 cm x W 3.7 cm x H 3 cm. Condition of original material: Fair condition, although some leaves are broken + incomplet...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 35 TIFF images

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