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11. EAP683/1/1/11

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/11
Title:
Rāmacandrābiṣeka - Sana 1225 [1818]
Scope & Content:
Bangla legend and poem (kāvya) about the coronation of the epic king and Hindu deity Rāma. Cotton and wood pulp paper; poor condition, unbound. 17 x 47 cm; 107 folios (25 folios missing). Notes and numbers written on manuscript by modern Bengali scholars: Kra No. 787. Author: Brāhmaṇa Bhabhānīdā...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
1818
Extent:
214 Tiff images

12. EAP683/1/1/12

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/12
Title:
Vyavasthāsārasaṃgraha
Scope & Content:
Manual of specific rites and their associated rules of dharma, such as widow burning (sati), offerings to ancestors, death rites (śrāddha), and many others. Cotton and wood pulp paper; poor condition, unbound. 8 x 38 cm; 106 folios (12 folios missing). Notes and numbers written on manuscript by m...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
208 Tiff images

13. EAP683/1/1/13

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/13
Title:
Dāyasaṃgraha
Scope & Content:
Manual that is a collection of rites and their associated rules and laws (dharma), especially those rites for overcoming mistakes and negative actions performed in daily life as well as during rituals, called prāyaścitta. Rites are especially focused on killing and include those performed for hav...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
319 Tiff images

14. EAP683/1/1/14

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/14
Title:
Vyavasthāsārasaṃgraha
Scope & Content:
Manual of specific rites and their associated rules of dharma, such as observances during the night of Śiva (Śivaratri), birth predictions, widow burning (satī), offerings to ancestors, and many others. 5 images are missing from the digital copy: recto side for folios 3, 17, 23, 24, and 25, bu...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
211 Tiff images

15. EAP683/1/1/15

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/15
Title:
Sauptikaparvan
Scope & Content:
Section of the Mahābhārata, book 10, dealing with the aftermath of the great war, wherein the Brahman turned warrior Aśvatthāman decides to attack the Paṇḍava camp and has an encounter with the Hindu deity Śiva from whom he receives great power. Cotton and wood pulp paper; poor condition, unbou...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
9 Tiff images.

16. EAP683/1/1/16

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/16
Title:
Sītā uddhāra - Sana 1234, 15 Kartik [October 30 1827]
Scope & Content:
Section from Kṛttibāsa's Bengali version of the Rāmāyaṇa, the Laṇkā khaṇḍa; inspired by the original Sanskrit version. It that focuses on the figure of Sītā after the death of Rāvaṇa where she meets the demon's wife. Cotton and wood pulp paper; poor condition, unbound. 14 x 40 cm; 18 folios. Num...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
1827
Extent:
38 Tiff images.

17. EAP683/1/1/17

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/17
Title:
Jagannāthavijaya - Sana 1259, 8 Bhādra, roj robibar bela derprahar [August 23 1852]
Scope & Content:
Story about Kṛṣṇa, his brother Balarāma, and Subhadrā and how the god Jagannātha came into being and was composed of these three Hindu deities. Cotton and wood pulp paper; moderate condition, unbound. 13 x 35 cm; 30 folios. Number written on manuscript by modern Bengali scholars: 1457. Author: Dv...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
1852
Extent:
61 Tiff images

18. EAP683/1/1/18

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/18
Title:
Kavacasaṃgraha
Scope & Content:
Collection of kavacas, a kind of sacred amulet in written form used in rites and rituals for preventing bad things from happening. There are about 15 different kavacas many of them drawings with protective mantras written inside along with instructions for performing rites and a list of ingredien...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali and Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
4 Tiff images

19. EAP683/1/1/19

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/19
Title:
Dolayātrātattva
Scope & Content:
Manual of rules (dharma) about a festival associated with the Hindu god Kṛṣṇa. Cotton and wood pulp paper; moderate condition, unbound. 10 x 22 cm; 4 folios. Notes and numbers written on manuscript by modern Bengali scholars: no. Kra: 1818; Vi: 293. Author: Raghunandana Bhaṭṭācārya
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
9 Tiff images.

20. EAP683/1/1/20

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/20
Title:
Citrabandhakāvya
Scope & Content:
Picture poems include drawings of a horse, the demon Rāvaṇa, peacock, elephant, a sword, a fish, and a chariot. The poems are written beside the drawings and then rewritten as a kind of word puzzle inside of the drawing. Manuscript is badly damaged by rats. Cotton and wood pulp paper; poor cond...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
11 Tiff images

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