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Archive Reference (shelfmark) EAP683/1 Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

41. EAP683/1/1/39

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/39
Title:
Śītalāstotra
Scope & Content:
Text devoted to the praise of a Hindu goddess of disease and small pox named Śītalā; manuscript used for recitation in rites related to kavaca, a kind of protective amulet to help prevent illness. Cotton and wood pulp paper; fair condition, unbound. 6 x 32 cm; 1 folio; newspaper wrapping. Notes a...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
3 Tiff images

42. EAP683/1/1/40

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/40
Title:
Mātṛstava
Scope & Content:
Text in praise of Mother earth (Mātṛdharitrī). Cotton and wood pulp paper; fair condition, unbound. 7 x 26 cm; 1 folio; newspaper wrapping. Notes and numbers written on manuscript by modern Bengali scholars: Kra: 2997; Vi: 212
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
3 Tiff images

43. EAP683/1/1/41

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/41
Title:
Maheśvarakavaca
Scope & Content:
Text praising the Hindu god Śiva (named Maheśvara); the recitation of the prayers is performed during the rites of the protective kavaca, a kind of amulet employing mantras and prayers. Cotton and wood pulp paper; moderate condition, unbound. 9 x 43 cm; 3 folios; newspaper wrapper. Notes and numb...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
7 Tiff images

44. EAP683/1/1/42

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/42
Title:
Vivāhatattva
Scope & Content:
Manual with instructions and rules (dharma) for rites and ceremonies related to marriage. Contains a commentary running above and below the root text. Cotton and wood pulp paper; fair condition, unbound. 8 x 36 cm; 55 folios; newspaper wrapper. Notes and numbers on manuscript in modern Bengali ha...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
99 Tiff images

45. EAP683/1/1/43

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/43
Title:
Harivaktipraṇayitā [alternate title - Haribhaktimatādvādaśaśuddhyādi]
Scope & Content:
Manuscript used in rites of worship and prayer and outlines rules and procedures related to Vaiṣṇava worship (bhakti), especially focused on the relationship between the Gopī (cow-herd girls) and Hari (name of Viṣṇu used in place of Kṛṣṇa). Image for folio 5 recto is missing. Collton and wood pul...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
14 Tiff images

46. EAP683/1/1/44

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/44
Title:
Vaiṣṇavatattvāvalī
Scope & Content:
Vaiṣṇava text dedicated to the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa and mentioning his relationship to cow-herd girls (gopīs). Cotton and wood pulp paper; fair condition, unbound. 10 x 35 cm; 2 folios; cotton wrapper. Given to Rāmamālā Library on May 5th, 1946, from an unknown personal library; notes and numbers wr...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
5 Tiff images

47. EAP683/1/1/45

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/45
Title:
Kāmagāyatrīvyākhyā
Scope & Content:
Love poetry or lyrics related to the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa and his relationship with gopīs (cow-herder girls). Cotton and wood pulp paper; fair condition, unbound. 12 x 36 cm; 2 folios. Notes and numbers written in modern Bengali hand: Kra: 6191; Bhakti: 54
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
4 Tiff images

48. EAP683/1/1/46

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/46
Title:
Daivānandalakṣaṇa [alternate title - Rūpamañjarīpravṛtisakhīnaparicaya]
Scope & Content:
A kind of philosophical treatise wherein, marks (lakṣaṇa) or indications of divine feelings and sentiments of bliss are discussed; these signs are said to be beyond normal senses; personal senses are absorbed into the divine where there is no movement and only pure calmness; everything is the sam...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
3 Tiff images

49. EAP683/1/1/47

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/47
Title:
Kṛṣṇabhakti
Scope & Content:
Kind of philosophical treatise on devotion (bhakti) and the relationship of the human body with Kṛṣṇa and the broader universe. Cotton and wood pulp paper; fair condition, unbound. 12 x 43 cm; 1 folio; newspaper wrapping. Notes and numbers written in modern Bengali hand: Kra: 6157, Bhakti: 56.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
3 Tiff images

50. EAP683/1/1/48

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/48
Title:
Vaiṣṇavagranthīyapatrāvalī
Scope & Content:
Work contains twelve different texts taken from a single family library and is a mixture of different genres: philosophical, ritual, devotional, poetic, astrological and more; contains, for example, a number of Vaiṣṇava devotional themes (some drawn from the Bhagavatapūrāṇa, others from devotio...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali and Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
34 Tiff images

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