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

61. EAP683/1/1/59

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/59
Title:
Vidagdhamukhamaṇḍaṇa
Scope & Content:
A Kind of Sanskrit poem (kāvya), in which the verses (ślokas) are not interrelated, and each one has two meanings, like a kind of poetic riddle. Verses explore themes from the Mahābhārata and other mythology. Cotton and wood pulp paper; moderate condition, unbound. 8 x 37 cm; 7 folios; cotton wra...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
15 Tiff images

62. EAP683/1/1/60

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/60
Title:
Hitopadeśa
Scope & Content:
Collection of animal stories written for children, primarily princes, to impart lessons of good rulership; there are two additional partial texts at the end of the manuscript, which were part of the family library that this manuscript was orginally part of. Cotton and wood pulp paper; terrible co...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
176 Tiff images

63. EAP683/1/1/61

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/61
Title:
Gotramālikā
Scope & Content:
Collection of family names and lineages, especially for local Bangladesh Brahmans who want to connect themselves to established lineages from the mytho-historical past. Such lineages give local Brahmans the authority to perform rituals, marriages, funerals, and the like. Mentions, for example, th...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
11 Tiff images

64. EAP683/1/1/62

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/62
Title:
Vivāhatatva [alternate title - Udvāhakarmmaṇastatva] [1849]
Scope & Content:
There is a chart and diagram (yantra) of a lineage of an unknown patron from his or her father's and mother's side (f. 1r-1v). The text is about the systems and rituals of marriage. Describes, to some extend the seriousness and sensitivities, among Bengali Hindus, towards caste issues in marriage...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
1849
Extent:
67 Tiff images

65. EAP683/1/1/63

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/63
Title:
Cāṇakyaśloka [1874]
Scope & Content:
Collection of sayings or maxims for moral and spiritual guidance in daily life. Dated in code as śāke vedāṃka śailendu, which likely means: veda (4), aṃka (9), śaila (7) and indu (1) in the year of śaka 1794 (1874 A.D.) (f. 11v). Cotton and wood pulp paper; poor condition, unbound. 6 x 29 cm; 9 ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
1874
Extent:
20 Tiff images

66. EAP683/1/1/64

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/64
Title:
Vyākaraṇagrantha
Scope & Content:
Sanskrit grammar. Cotton and wood pulp paper; moderate condition, unbound. 8 x 37 cm; 83 folios with two wooden covers. Drawing of what looks to be a leopard or a leopard with a human face along with male genitalia on the first folio (f. 1r). Notes and numbers written in a modern Bengali hand: Kr...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
170 Tiff images

67. EAP683/1/1/65

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/65
Title:
Praśnacakra
Scope & Content:
Sacred diagram (yantra) of a lotus flower intended for making astrological forecasts and with various names of Vaiṣṇava deities and mythological figures, especially those related to the epic the Rāmāyaṇa such as Rāma, Sītā, and the demon Rāvaṇa written into the leaves of the flower. May be asso...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
3 Tiff images

68. EAP683/1/1/66

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/66
Title:
Tantrasāra - Śaka 1708 [1786] (f. 309v)
Scope & Content:
Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, meditation, and recitation and is one author's interpretation of what constitutes the essence (sāra) of Tantra, from a particularly Bengali perspective; has a focus on the goddess Kālī and the Śakta (female, divine energy) influence on Tantric traditio...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
1786
Extent:
609 Tiff images

69. EAP683/1/1/67

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/67
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:
23 Tiff images

70. EAP683/1/1/68

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/68
Title:
Satyanārāyaṇa Pāñcālī - Sana 1234 [1823]
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:
1823
Extent:
43 Tiff images

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