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

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/1/53
Title:: Śrībhāgavataṃ catuss[ka]nd[h]a
Scope & Content:: This is a chapter from one of the most famous Vaiṣṇava Purāṇa. Extent: A bundle of 301 palm-leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 48 cm x W 3 cm x H 17 cm. Condition of original material: Damaged bundle (insect bites). Author(s)/Creator(s): Attributed to Vyāsa. Scribe(s): Unkn...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 303 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/1/54
Title:: Vaikuṇṭa ammāṉai
Scope & Content:: This is a Purāṇā-like praise poem on Viṣṇu. Extent: A bundle of 307 palm-leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 39.5 cm x W 2.8 cm x H 16 cm. Condition of original material: Fair condition. Author(s)/Creator(s): Unknown. Scribe(s): Unknown. Related countries: India. Related r...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 315 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1294/1/84
Title:: Tulākāverī Purāṇaṃ
Scope & Content:: This Purana details the glories of the river Kaveri and extols the praises of the fruits obtained by bathing in it in the month of Tulā. Extent: Palm-leaf manuscript of 138 leaves+1 cover leaf. Size and dimensions of original material: L 41.2 Cm x W 3.6 Cm x H 6.7 Cm. Condition of original ma...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 141 TIFF images

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):: EAP1294/2/48
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):: EAP1294/2/68
Title:: Śrīhālāsyamāhātmyam
Scope & Content:: This is a Puranic text that speaks the greatness of Madurai. Extent: A palm leaf manuscript with 208 leaves. Size and dimensions of original material: L 39.5 cm x W 3.5 cm x H 5.5 cm. Condition of original material: Damaged bundle with broken edges and insect bites,. Author(s)/Creator(s): Un...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1750-1900
Extent:: 210 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1296/6
Title:: Nirmala KC Collection
Scope & Content:: This is an individual collection of manuscripts written in Sanskrit language. It is the collection which is inherited from the family collection. It has both Hindu and Buddhist manuscripts along with grammar, polity, astrology and Puranic texts. Extent: It has eleven books written during the an...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Newari and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1400-1999
Extent:: 438

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1296/6/2
Title:: स्वयंभू पुराण
Scope & Content:: Svayaṁbhū Purāṇa is a text that deals with legendary account of Buddhism of Kathmandu valley. Extent: 1 Ms containing 191 folios. Condition of original material: Good. Alternative calendar and date: 0.0 Original institution reference: No accession Number.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Newari and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1400-1999
Extent:: 191

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1320/1
Title:: Manuscripts conserved by Sankaran Bhattathirippad
Scope & Content:: MRPC is a unique laboratory with preservation and digitization facility and complete recovery of physical documents from Thrissur. Extent: In this column indicate foliation ranges for bundle and, in the case of multitext mss, also foliation for discrete texts. Folio count will be added by assis...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Malayalam and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 16th century-20th century
Extent:: 12045 TIFF images

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