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21. EAP683/1/1/54

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/54
Title:
Vidyasūndarakāvya
Scope & Content:
Dialogue in poetic verse between the figures Vidyā, a princess and Sundara a prince. Cotton and wood pulp paper; fair condition, unbound. 8 x 36 cm; 8 folios, with newspaper wrapper. Notes and numbers written in a modern Bengali hand: Kra: 4874; Kāvya: 305. Author: Bhāratacandra Rāya
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
17 Tiff images

22. EAP683/1/1/56

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/56
Title:
Gopālacarita
Scope & Content:
Selections of stories about the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa during his early life as a child and teenager focusing especially on his playful nature (līlā); lacks a beginning. Cotton and wood pulp paper; poor condition, unbound. 9 x 38 cm; 11 folios; newspaper wrapper. Notes and numbers written in a modern ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
23 Tiff images

23. EAP683/1/1/60

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/60
Title:
Hitopadeśa
Scope & Content:
Collection of animal stories written for children, primarily princes, to impart lessons of good rulership; there are two additional partial texts at the end of the manuscript, which were part of the family library that this manuscript was orginally part of. Cotton and wood pulp paper; terrible co...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
176 Tiff images

24. EAP683/1/1/64

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/64
Title:
Vyākaraṇagrantha
Scope & Content:
Sanskrit grammar. Cotton and wood pulp paper; moderate condition, unbound. 8 x 37 cm; 83 folios with two wooden covers. Drawing of what looks to be a leopard or a leopard with a human face along with male genitalia on the first folio (f. 1r). Notes and numbers written in a modern Bengali hand: Kr...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
170 Tiff images

25. EAP683/1/1/76

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/76
Title:
Ṣaṭcakraṭīkā
Scope & Content:
Manuscript is comprised of three texts, likely part of a family library. The first and third are commentaries about the Ṣaṭcakra, a work illuminating six centers of power located within the human body and associated with different types of meditation and Tantra; a second text is a version of th...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
67 Tiff images

26. EAP683/1/1/77

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/77
Title:
Caṇḍīpāṭhaniyamaviddhi
Scope & Content:
Instructions on how to properly read devotional texts dedicated to Caṇḍī, a popular regional goddess, important to Bengali culture. A decorative pattern is drawn on the inside of the outer bamboo cover. Cotton and wood pulp paper; poor condition, unbound. Floral design on bamboo cover. 6 x 35 ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
7 Tiff images

27. EAP683/1/1/85

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/85
Title:
Yoginīsādhana
Scope & Content:
Tantric work dealing with rituals and practices associated with a category of minor Hindu goddesses known as Yoginīs. Manuscript lacks a beginning. Cotton and wood pulp paper; poor condition, unbound. 10 x 23 cm; 7 folios; cotton wrapper. Notes and numbers written in a modern Bengali hand: Kra 57...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
15 Tiff images

28. EAP683/1/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/2
Title:
Pāṇḍavagītā
Scope & Content:
Manuscripts is used for recitation and prayer and is a short Hindu devotional work dedicated to the praise of the five Paṇḍava brothers, protagonists of the Mahābhārata. Cotton and wood pulp paper; fair condition, unbound. 9 x 38 cm; 6 folios; hardwood and board cover. Notes and numbers written o...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
16 Tiff images

29. EAP683/1/1/10

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/10
Title:
Yoginīsādhana
Scope & Content:
Tantric work dedicated to ways worshiping a type or group of Hindu goddesses known as yoginīs and for achieving personal well being through performing such rites. Cotton and wood pulp paper; fair condition, unbound. 7 x 43 cm; 9 folios. Scribe: Maṇikya Rāmadeva Śarmman
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
18 Tiff images

30. EAP683/1/1/20

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP683/1/1/20
Title:
Citrabandhakāvya
Scope & Content:
Picture poems include drawings of a horse, the demon Rāvaṇa, peacock, elephant, a sword, a fish, and a chariot. The poems are written beside the drawings and then rewritten as a kind of word puzzle inside of the drawing. Manuscript is badly damaged by rats. Cotton and wood pulp paper; poor cond...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
11 Tiff images

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