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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/41
Title:: A ritual text in Sanskrit - 7
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. This is a ritual text in Sanskrit. Extent: A palm-leaf manuscript with 46 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 32.5 cm x W 2.5 cm x H 1.8 cm. Condition of original material: Damaged and incomplete. Author(s)/Creator(s): Unknown. ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 46 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/42
Title:: Tantric mantras and worship of Śiva
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. Tantric mantras and worship (of Śiva as the Lord of Cidambara). The bundle contains works in Tamil and Sanskrit. Extent: A palm-leaf manuscript of 44 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 28.5 cm x W 3.5 cm x H 2.2 cm. Condition of ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit and Tamil
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 47 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/43
Title:: Amarakośaṃ
Scope & Content:: This is a famous Sanskrit thesaurus. Extent: A palm leaf manuscript with 82 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 45 cm x W 3.5 cm x H 2.8 cm. Condition of original material: Damaged leaves, broken even. Possibly a composite manuscript. Author(s)/Creator(s): Amarasiṃha. Scribe...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 84 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/44
Title:: A ritual text in Sanskrit (in the Telugu script)
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. This seems lie a ritual text in Sanskrit, which also figures personal birth charts (horoscopic charts), in the Telugu script. Extent: A palm-leaf manuscript of 228 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 31 cm x W 2.5 cm x H 6 cm. Con...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 230 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/45
Title:: Bālakāṇḍam
Scope & Content:: This is the first Canto of Vālmīki's Rāmāyaṇa (Bālakāṇḍa). Extent: A palm-leaf manuscript of 91 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 44.5 cm x W 2.5 cm x H 5 cm. Condition of original material: Damaged leaves, but the writing is still very legible. Author(s)/Creator(s): Vālmīk...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 94 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/46
Title:: udvāsaprabandham
Scope & Content:: This is a manual for ritual worship (udyāsaprabandham. Extent: A palm-leaf manuscript of 63 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 29 cm x W 3.5 cm x H 3 cm. Condition of original material: Fair condition. Author(s)/Creator(s): Unknown. Scribe(s): Unknown. Related countries: I...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 65 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/47
Title:: Medical and astrological tips
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. This bundle contains mantras, medical tips and astrology. மந்திரம், மருத்துவக் குறிப்புகள் மற்றும் சோதிடம் ஆகியவை விளக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன. Extent: A manuscript with 80 palm leaves leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 35.5cm x W 3cm x H 3...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 79 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/48
Title:: A Śaiva Purāṇa in Sanskrit?
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. This looks like a Purāṇa in Sanskrit with hundreds of verses. Extent: A manuscript with 69 palm leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 42.5 cm x W 3 cm x H 3.5 cm. Condition of original material: Generally, although some leaves are d...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 71 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/49
Title:: Sanskrit mantras to various deities
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. Sanskrit mantras to various deities (name + 4th case + namaḥ format). Extent: A manuscript with 168 palm leaves . Size and dimensions of original material: L 30 cm x W 2 cm x H 8 cm. Condition of original material: Fair condition. Author(s)/Crea...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 171 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/50
Title:: Stotras in Sanskrit
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. This seems like a compilations of praise poems (stotras) in Sanskrit on various deities such as Sundareśvara and Saunadaravallī. Extent: A manuscript with 17 palm leaves . Size and dimensions of original material: L 40 cm x W 3 cm x H 2 cm. Condi...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 19 TIFF images

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