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Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13741
Title:: Bhaktāmara-stotra
Scope & Content:: Bhaktāmara-stotra: Jain devotional hymn in Sanskrit. Illustrated with yantras.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 18th C
Extent:: Bound paper poṭhi. 24 folios, 29,5x13cm, 9 lines. 48 verses with diagrams.

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13758
Title:: Bhagavad Gita
Scope & Content:: A fine version of the Bhagavad Gita from the Aurangabad district of Maharashtra with the full Sanskrit text and twenty-two miniatures depicting scenes from the Mahabharata and avatars of Vishnu. A note dated Novemeber 1877 by the former owner Sir M. Monier Williams is attached to the manuscript.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1824
Extent:: 1 item (bound volume 11.5 x 18.5 cm, covers lined in red velvet)

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13786
Title:: Āvaśyakaniryukti
Scope & Content:: Āvaśyakaniryukti in Prakrit with prefixed Therāvalī. Jain Śvetāmbara doctrinal text.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Prakrit
Date Range:: 15th C
Extent:: Bound paper poṭhi. 37 folios, 29,5x11,5 cm. 19 lines.

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13801
Title:: Patent of Qianlong 16 (1752) [Abkai wehiyehe-i juwan ningguci aniya omšon biyai orin sunja de. Abkai hesei g'aoming] [ᠠᠪᡣᠠᡞ ᠸᡝᡥᡞᠶᡝᡥᡝ ᡞ ᠵᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᠨᡞᡢᡤᡠᠴᡞ ᠠᠨᡞᠶᠠ ᠣᠮᡧᠣᠨ ᠪᡞᠶᠠᡞ ᠣᠷᠢᠨ ᠰᡠᠨᠵᠠ ᡩᡝ᠃ ᠠᠪᡣᠠᡞ ᡥᡝᠰᡝᡞ ᡬᠠᠣᠮᡞᡢ] [Qianlong shi liu nian feng tian gao ming] [乾隆十六年奉天誥命]
Scope & Content:: Bilingual Manchu-Chinese patent of Qianlong 16 (1752) conferring honours upon the parents of Io Ci Šeng (ᠢᠣ ᠴᠢ ᡧᡝᡢ) / You Qisheng (尤起盛), who holds the position of Uju jergi hiya [...] nonggiha (ᡠᠵᡠ ᠵᡝᠷᡤᡞ ᡥᡞᠶᠠ [...] ᠨᠣᡢᡤᡞᡥᠠ) / Tou deng hu wei jia yi ji (頭等護衛加一級) [Officer of the Imperial Guard of ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese and Manchu
Date Range:: 1752
Extent:: 1 scroll in silk brocade cover

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13890
Title:: Tadhkirat al-Fuqahā’ تذكرة الفقهاء Ibn al-Muṭahhar al-Ḥillī, al-Ḥasan ibn Yūsuf ابن المطهر الحلي، الحسن بن يوسف
Scope & Content:: A portion of a compendium of formal legal opinions and decisions on legal cases according to the Shī’ah school of Islamic law by Jamal al-Dīn al-Ḥasan ibn Yūsuf (جمال الدين الحسن بن يوسف), called Ibn al-Muṭahhar al-Ḥillī (ابن المطهر الحلي). Two parts are bound in one volume: Part 7 (folios 2v-...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: Codex; ff. 199

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13912
Title:: 'Phra Malai' พระมาลัย
Scope & Content:: Legend of a famous Buddhist monk known as Phra Malai who visited heaven and hell. The illustrations represent celestial beings (devata), and the tortures of the damned in hell Illustrations: Five paired illustrations
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Pali and Thai
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 74 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13921
Title:: Padmapurana (fragment)
Scope & Content:: Extract from the Padmapurana in Sanskrit written in the Newari script during the reign of Jaya Rayamalla.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1500
Extent:: Palm leaf in pothi format, 62 folios with decorated metal boards.

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13950
Title:: Kālikācārya-kathā (incomplete) and Kalpasūtra fragments
Scope & Content:: Kālikācārya-kathā (Sanskrit, 65 verses), incomplete and three fragments of the Kalpasūtra in Prakrit (Jain Śvetāmbara canon) with illustrations + a painted cardboard manuscript cover.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Prakrit and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 17th C
Extent:: Paper poṭhi, 10 folios (7+1+1+1) + 1 cardboard manuscript cover. Illustrated.

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13959
Title:: Kalpasūtra
Scope & Content:: Kalpasūtra: canonical Jain text of the Śvetāmbara tradition in Prakrit with illustrations.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Prakrit
Date Range:: 17th C
Extent:: Paper poṭhi. 112 folios, 28x12 cm, 8 lines. Illustrated.

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13974
Title:: Dimensions of the Cosmic Man.
Scope & Content:: Dimensions of the Cosmic Man by unknown author in Gujarati in Devanāgarī script.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Gujarati
Date Range:: 18th C
Extent:: Paper. One page: 54 x 54 cm. Large clear script. Red lines.

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