Puratani was a collection of works of Music maestro Kali Mirza of Guptipara. This volume is about his short biographical sketch and accumulation of his creation;; Place of composition: Guptipara1949. Custodial history: One of the oldest libraries in the Hooghly district. Sisir Bani Mandir was e...
The label over the cover identifies it as a ms of Durgotsavatattva, a Dharmaśāstric text which deals with the rituals of worshipping goddess Durgā. This book is a part of author’s encyclopaedic work, Smṛtitattva that is divided into 28 sections each of which bear the appellation Tattva. Many fol...
It is one of the 18 Mahāpurāṇas and a canonical text of the Vaishnavas. It is divided into 12 chapters called Skandha. 10th Skandha is considered to be the lenghiest and most important chapter as it narrates Kṛṣṇalīlā. The text in this ms starts somewhere in the 62nd Adhyāya of the 10th skandha....
Rāmarasāyana is a Bengali adaptation of the Rāmāyaṇa by Raghunandana. It is a printed text. Initial 3 folios are missing; Complete / Incomplete: Incomplete; Place of composition: Bengal; Date of copying: published in Śaka era 1958 (=1838 CE), on the 9th day of the Month of Kārttika. Custodial h...
পদ্মাপুরাণের আপদুদ্ধারণস্তোত্র এবং লালিতাসপ্তমীব্রতকথা (কুক্কুটী-মরকটী-ব্রত)
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Th first text is a hymn to the Goddess Durgā. The second one is a pūjāpaddhati text; Complete / Incomplete: Complete MS; Date of copying: Not found. Custodial history: One of the oldest libraries in the Hooghly district. Sisir Bani Mandir was established at Guptipara in 1917. The library has a ...
It is a commentary on Bhaṭṭi’s celebrated poetry Bhaṭṭikāvya or Rāvaṇavadha. Initial 27 folios are missing. The text abruptly ends on the first page of the 125th folio; Complete / Incomplete: Incomplete MS. No colophon found; Place of composition: Bengal; Date of copying: The manuscript belongs ...
ভৈরবতন্ত্র এবং বটুকভৈরবাস্তক এর বটুকভৈরবসহস্রনামস্তোত্র
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These are two hymns, both of which are dedicated to the deity Baṭukabhairava. The first text reckons the thousand names of this deity. It is said to be a part of the Bhairavatantra. The second hymn is an eulogy to the deity in eight verses; Complete / Incomplete: Complete MS; Date of copying: No...
It is commentary on Śrīharṣa’s Naiṣadhacarita, a famous Sanskrit poetry. This ms contains only the commentary on the second canto; Complete / Incomplete: Complete MS; Place of composition: Bengal; Date of copying: Not mentioned. Custodial history: One of the oldest libraries in the Hooghly dist...
It is a Dharmaśāstra text; Complete / Incomplete: Appears to be a complete MS; Date of copying: Not mentioned. Custodial history: One of the oldest libraries in the Hooghly district. Sisir Bani Mandir was established at Guptipara in 1917. The library has a good collection of old Sanskrit and Be...
Rāmarasāyana is a Bengali adaptation of the Rāmāyaṇa by Raghunandana. This manuscript contains of only the Uttarakāṇḍa; Complete / Incomplete: Complete MS; Place of composition: Bengal; Date of copying: Not mentioned. Custodial history: One of the oldest libraries in the Hooghly district. Sisir...