032-004311534 / Subject: Epic poetry - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2
Title:: Villiampākkam collection
Scope & Content:: These bundles contain different kinds of works (theology, philosophy, poetry, medical texts, temple rites, Śaiva praise verses, vedic etc.) in Sanskrit, Tamil and Manipravala. Extent: 78 bundles of palm-leaf manuscripts. Condition of original material: Many of the palm-leaf manuscripts that co...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Malayalam, Manipravalam, Sanskrit, and Tamil
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 7788 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/9
Title:: Hālāsyamāhātmyam
Scope & Content:: This is a Śaiva Puraṇa-like work. Extent: A palm-leaf manuscript with 113 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 39.3 cm x W 3.5 cm x H 5 cm. Condition of original material: Fair, except for some broken edges. Author(s)/Creator(s): Unknown. Scribe(s): Unknown. Related countrie...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 115 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):: EAP1294/2/5
Title:: cuntiṟa kāṇṭam
Scope & Content:: One of the six cantos of the Rāmānyaṇa. வால்மீகி இராமாயணத்தின் சுந்தரகாண்டம். Extent: : A palm-leaf manuscript with 44 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 31.5 cm x W 3 cm x H 2.5 cm. Condition of original material: Fair condition. Author(s)/Creator(s): Vālmīki. Scribe(s): ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 45 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/2/59
Title:: The Tamil Mahābārata (Villipāratam)
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. This is the Tamil version of the Mahābhārata. Extent: A palm-leaf manuscript with 596 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 42 cm x W 2.5 cm x H 15 cm. Condition of original material: Badly damaged bundle, incomplete too. Author(s)...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 598 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):: EAP1294/2/35
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

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