Subject: Puranas - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1039/1/18
Title:: തൃശ്ശൂർ സംസ്ക്കാര സംബന്ധിയായ സാമഗ്രികൾ അടങ്ങിയ ഗ്രന്ഥം
Scope & Content:: A very important bundle, containing a variety of texts (most of them totally unstudied) related to the Thrissur monastic traditions: hagiography, doctrine, ritual, etc. This is a unique document, which needs to be studied in its own right. The date of copy is unfortunately not known. Custodial ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Malayalam and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1700-1850
Extent:: 305 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1039/1/30
Title:: അദ്വൈതം, ഭക്തി, ആചാരം അടങ്ങിയ സമ്മിശ്ര ഗ്രന്ഥം
Scope & Content:: A composite bundle containing a large variety of works: Advaitic treatises (some little known), devotional works, extracts from epics and other classical Sanskrit works, ritual instructions, etc. Most probably the private property of a monk, possibly used for teaching or self-study. Custodial h...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1700-1850
Extent:: 336 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1039/1/53
Title:: ദേവീമാഹാത്മ്യം രണ്ട് പാഠങ്ങളടങ്ങിയ ഗ്രന്ഥം
Scope & Content:: The bundle contains two copies of the same devotional text, the Devīmāhātmya, in two different South Indian scripts. Both copies are incomplete. Custodial history: Former ownership is not known. Extent and format of original material: 54 leaves (25 blank). Physical characteristics: Size: W 4....
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1700-1850
Extent:: 118 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1241/1
Title:: Manuscripts belonging to the private collection of Ida Dewa Gede Catra
Scope & Content:: Palm-leaf manuscripts containing texts in Old Javanese and Balinese, on a variety of subjects (belles lettres, Balinese Hindu doctrines and rituals, mythology, etc.) belonging to the private collection of Ida Dewa Gede Catra in Amlapura, Karangasem, East Bali, Indonesia. Most of the manuscripts ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic, Balinese, Mara, Old Javanese, and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1800-2022
Extent:: 3501 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1241/1/46
Title:: Śiwarajani Sangkathā'
Scope & Content:: This text is about the story of a hunter named Lubdaka, who reached the heaven of śiva thanks to his carrying out the observance of śivarātri. (Cf. śiwarātrikalpa kakawin). Teks ini berisi cerita tentang pemburu bernama Lubdaka yang mencapai Siwa Loka karena melaksanakan brata Siwaratri. Exten...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Old Javanese and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1873
Extent:: 28 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/1
Title:: Kalliṭaikuṟicci collection
Scope & Content:: These bundles contain different kinds of works (theology, philosophy, poetry, medical texts, Pāninian Grammar, Śrīvaiṣṇava treatise, Śrīvaiṣṇava poetry, Dharmaśāstra, Citrakāvyam, Kāvya, Mīmāṃsā, vedic, Pramāṇa, Vyākaraṇa etc.) in Sanskrit, Tamil and Manipravala. Extent: 108 bundles of palm-lea...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Manipravalam, Sanskrit, and Tamil
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 13380 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/1/1
Title:: Kāverīmāhātmyaṃ
Scope & Content:: Also known as the Tulākāverīmāhātmyam, this is a chapter allegedly from the Agni purāṇa, which decribes the greatness of the river Kāverī. Extent: A bundle of palm leaf manuscripts that contain 135 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 24 cm x W 5 cm xH 6 cm. Condition of origin...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 142 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/1/34
Title:: Bhāgavataṃ saptamaskandaṃ mutal
Scope & Content:: This is the 7th canto of the Bhāgavatapurāṇa. Extent: A palm-leaf manuscript with 271 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 40.5 cm x W 5 cm x H 8.5 cm. Condition of original material: Good condition. Author(s)/Creator(s): Purāṇic material. Scribe(s): Unknown. Related countri...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 274 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/1/35
Title:: tiruviḷaiyāṭaṟ purāṇam
Scope & Content:: This Purāṇa in Tamil describes the sacred sports of Lord Śiva who came to this world out of love for his devotees. சிவபெருமான் பூலோகத்திற்கு வந்து உயிர்கள்மீது அன்புகொண்டு செய்த திருவிளையாடல்களை விளக்கும் நூல். Extent: A palm-leaf manuscript with 284 leaves. Size and dimensions of original ma...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 288 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/1/37
Title:: An anonymous Sanskrit work (probably in praise of the river Kāverī)
Scope & Content:: This manuscript does not have a formal title. This seems like a Sanskrit work in praise of the river Kāverī. Extent: A palm-leaf manuscript with 185 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 41 cm x W 3 cm x H 4 cm. Condition of original material: Some of the leaves are badly damag...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 88 TIFF images

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