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1. EAP683/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1
Title:
Rāmamālā Library manuscript project
Scope & Content:
This list represents an almost 1% sample of the approximately 9000 Sanskrit and Bangla manuscripts, which highlights some endangered, rare, or unique parts of the collection. The sample includes a selection from traditional genres of Hindu literature such as grammar, mythology, astrology, poetry,...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, Bengali, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
5972 Tiff images

2. EAP683/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1
Title:
Rāmamālā Library manuscripts
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, Bengali, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
5972 Tiff images

3. EAP683/1/1/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/5
Title:
Yogaprakaraṇaṃ
Scope & Content:
Five short selections related to the Yogaprakaraṇa, a treatise on yoga and asceticism, along with unidentified commentaries. Cotton and wood pulp paper; poor condition, unbound. 10 x 42 cm; 33 folios; board cover. Several texts comprise single manuscript bundle as originally found in a local priv...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
67 Tiff images

4. EAP683/1/1/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/7
Title:
Tīrthacintāmani
Scope & Content:
Discussion and description of Hindu pilgrimage centers (tīrthas), especially Ganges, Purusottama, Gāya, Kāśī, and Prayāga. Gives instructions, and associated laws (dharma) on how to perform a pilgrimage, such as worship (pūjā) and fasting (upāsa). Contains table of contents at opening (f. 1r). Co...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
103 Tiff images

5. EAP683/1/1/30

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/30
Title:
Ātmabodha
Scope & Content:
Philosophical treatise titled Knowledge of the Self, a summary of Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta doctrine, typically attributed to Śaṅkarācārya, although likely written by one of his followers. Cotton and wood pulp paper; fair condition, unbound. 9 x 36 cm; 6 folios with a cover made of particle b...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
13 Tiff images

6. EAP683/1/1/47

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/47
Title:
Kṛṣṇabhakti
Scope & Content:
Kind of philosophical treatise on devotion (bhakti) and the relationship of the human body with Kṛṣṇa and the broader universe. Cotton and wood pulp paper; fair condition, unbound. 12 x 43 cm; 1 folio; newspaper wrapping. Notes and numbers written in modern Bengali hand: Kra: 6157, Bhakti: 56.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
3 Tiff images

7. EAP683/1/1/61

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/61
Title:
Gotramālikā
Scope & Content:
Collection of family names and lineages, especially for local Bangladesh Brahmans who want to connect themselves to established lineages from the mytho-historical past. Such lineages give local Brahmans the authority to perform rituals, marriages, funerals, and the like. Mentions, for example, th...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
11 Tiff images

8. EAP683/1/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/1
Title:
Virāṭaparva
Scope & Content:
Manuscript is used for study, contemplation, and recitation, and is a subsection of the Mahābhārata dealing with the 13th year of exile of the Paṇḍavas. Cotton and wood pulp paper; fair condition, unbound. 10 x 43 cm; 138 folios; hardwood cover. Notes and numbers written on manuscript by modern B...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
286 Tiff images

9. EAP683/1/1/12

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/12
Title:
Vyavasthāsārasaṃgraha
Scope & Content:
Manual of specific rites and their associated rules of dharma, such as widow burning (sati), offerings to ancestors, death rites (śrāddha), and many others. Cotton and wood pulp paper; poor condition, unbound. 8 x 38 cm; 106 folios (12 folios missing). Notes and numbers written on manuscript by m...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
208 Tiff images

10. EAP683/1/1/14

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/14
Title:
Vyavasthāsārasaṃgraha
Scope & Content:
Manual of specific rites and their associated rules of dharma, such as observances during the night of Śiva (Śivaratri), birth predictions, widow burning (satī), offerings to ancestors, and many others. 5 images are missing from the digital copy: recto side for folios 3, 17, 23, 24, and 25, bu...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
211 Tiff images

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